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Minister of Justice, Sean Fraser, introduced Bill C-9, which, among other things, aims to criminalize the public display of certain "hate symbols"

Minister of Justice [5], Sean Fraser, introduced [3] Bill C-9 [6.1], titled "An Act to amend the Criminal Code (hate propaganda, hate crime and access to religious or cultural places)" [6.2], or the "Combatting Hate Act" [6.3], which, among other things [6], aims [7] to criminalize [6.4.3] the public display of symbols "principally used by, or principally associated with, a listed entity" [6.4.1], and the Nazi swastika [6.4.2].

Here is the text of the bill [6], and here is a video of the announcement [4].

  1. Type: Webpage. Title: "An Act to amend the Criminal Code (hate propaganda, hate crime and access to religious or cultural places)". Publisher: "Parliament of Canada". Published: 2025-09-19. Accessed: 2025-09-20T01:23Z. URI: https://www.parl.ca/LegisInfo/en/bill/45-1/C-9.
    1. Type: Text. Location (XPath): /html/body/main/div/section[1]/header/div/div[2]/div[2]/div[2]/div[2]/a
    2. Type: Misc. Accessed: 2025-09-20T01:58Z.

  2. Type: Document (File (Filetype: PDF)). Title: "WHAT’S IN A BILL?". Publisher: "Senate of Canada". Accessed: 2025-09-20T01:33Z. URI: https://sencanada.ca/media/367004/com_wksht_sengage_whats-in-a-bill_e.pdf.
    1. Type: Text. Location: §"The Bill's Progress">§"WHO SPONSORED THE BILL?".

      The senator or MP who introduces a bill in their respective chamber is called the sponsor.

  3. Type: Meta. Accessed: 2025-09-20T02:52Z.
    1. Bill C-9 was sponsored (ie introduced [2]) by the Minister of Justice [1.1][4].
  4. Type: Video. Title: "Liberals’ new hate crime bill targets 'symbols' of hate". Author: "The Canadian Press". Publisher: "YouTube". Published: 2025-09-19T23:07:22Z. Accessed: 2025-09-20T01:32Z. URI: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=if78GGwNyWQ.
  5. Type: Webpage. Title: "The Honourable Sean Fraser". Publisher: "Parliament of Canada". Accessed: 2025-09-20T01:37Z. URI: https://www.ourcommons.ca/Members/en/sean-fraser(88316).
    1. Type: Text. Location: §"Offices and Roles as a Parliamentarian".

      […]Minister of Justice[…]

  6. Type: Document. Title: ["Bill C-9", "An Act to amend the Criminal Code (hate propaganda, hate crime and access to religious or cultural places)", "Combatting Hate Act"]. Publisher: "Parliament of Canada". Published: 2025-09-19. Accessed: 2025-09-20T01:39Z. URI: https://www.parl.ca/DocumentViewer/en/45-1/bill/C-9/first-reading.
    1. Type: Text. Location: Title.

      BILL C-9

    2. Type: Text. Location: Title.

      An Act to amend the Criminal Code (hate propaganda, hate crime and access to religious or cultural places)

    3. Type: Text. Location: §"Short Title".

      […]This Act may be cited as the Combatting Hate Act.

    4. Type: Text. Location: §"Criminal Code".>§4.
      1. Type: Text.

        […] Everyone commits an offence who wilfully promotes hatred against any identifiable group by displaying, in any public place, […] a symbol that is principally used by, or principally associated with, a listed entity […]

      2. Type: Text.

        […] Everyone commits an offence who wilfully promotes hatred against any identifiable group by displaying, in any public place, […] the Nazi swastika […].

      3. Type: Text. Location: §"Punishment".
  7. Type: Meta. Accessed: 2025-09-20T01:56Z.
    1. "Aims" is used as the bill has yet to be passed — it has only completed its first reading [1.2[8]].
  8. Type: Article. Title: "Legislative Process". Publisher: "Parliament of Canada". Accessed: 2025-09-20T02:02Z. URI: https://www.ourcommons.ca/procedure/our-procedure/LegislativeProcess/c_g_legislativeprocess-e.html.
    1. Type: Text. Location: §"Stages in the Legislative Process".

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