The federal government is proposing, as part of its 2022 Budget, to create a new crime of “Holocaust denial” in Canada.
OCLA sent a letter today to Canadian Members of Parliament and Senators asking them not to implement the proposed Criminal Code provision, since it is squarely contrary to international law and will damage Canadian democracy.
OCLA’s letter to MPs and Senators can be read at the link here.
OCLA’s past letters calling for the existing “hate speech” provisions of the Criminal Code to be repealed can be read at the links below:
- 2018-07-24: Letter from OCLA to the Hon. Caroline Mulroney, Attorney General of Ontario
- 2018-07-16: Letter from OCLA to the Hon. Jody Wilson-Raybould, Attorney General of Canada, and the Hon. Chrystia Freeland, Minister of Foreign Affairs
- 2016-01-13: Letter from OCLA to the Hon. Justice Butler, Supreme Court of British Columbia
