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Bill C-373

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
February 05, 2024
An Act to amend the Criminal Code (promotion of hatred or antisemitism)
  • This is a bill called C-373 that is being introduced in the Canadian Parliament. It aims to amend the Criminal Code to remove the defense of expressing an opinion on a religious subject or belief in a religious text when it comes to promoting hatred or antisemitism. The bill has been given its first reading on February 5, 2024. It will come into force 30 days after receiving royal assent.
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First Session, Forty-fourth Parliament,

70-71 Elizabeth II – 1-2 Charles III, 2021-2022-2023-2024

HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA

BILL C-373
An Act to amend the Criminal Code (promotion of hatred or antisemitism)
FIRST READING, February 5, 2024

Mr. Brunelle-Duceppe
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SUMMARY

This enactment amends the Criminal Code to eliminate as a defence against wilful promotion of hatred or antisemitism the fact that a person, in good faith, expressed or attempted to establish by an argument an opinion on a religious subject or an opinion based on a belief in a religious text.

Available on the House of Commons website at the following address:
www.ourcommons.ca


1st Session, 44th Parliament,

70-71 Elizabeth II – 1-2 Charles III, 2021-2022-2023-2024

HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA

BILL C-373

An Act to amend the Criminal Code (promotion of hatred or antisemitism)

His Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:

R.‍S.‍, c. C-46

Criminal Code

1 (1) Paragraph 319(3)‍(b) of the Criminal Code is repealed.

(2) Paragraph 319(3.‍1)‍(b) of the Act is repealed.

Coming into Force

30 days

2 This Act comes into force 30 days after the day on which it receives royal assent.

Published under authority of the Speaker of the House of Commons