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In this latest Hate Crime & Legal Update, ALCCA’s Rochelle Direnfeld and Mark Sandler examine several recent hate-motivated charges across Ontario, including cases in London, Belleville and Waterloo involving new provisions under Bill C-9 (the Combatting Hate Act), as well as a guilty verdicts in an Ottawa terrorism case involving a planned attack against the Jewish community.

An examination of recent cases where criminal charges linked to antisemitic conduct and politically motivated vandalism were withdrawn, raising concerns about prosecutorial discretion, public safety, and the normalization of hate in Canada.