The mayors of Vancouver and Toronto characterized pro-Palestinian rallies in their cities this week as celebrations of Hamas’s recent terrorism in Israel and publicly called on local police to investigate any incidents of hate speech. Federal Conservatives went one step further and demanded police charge anyone in Canada who is cheerleading the recent killing of more than 1,300 in Israel.
Canada blacklists groups it designates as terrorists, including Hamas, allowing the federal government to seize any Canadian assets of the group and to pursue terrorism charges against its members. But it is not a crime in Canada to glorify acts of terrorism.
HONK HONK = NAZIS in Canada – That tells me this law is a bad idea.
In Berlin, pro-Hamas Muslim refuses to remove his Palestinian scarf. Arrested and scarf seized. There are around 250 arrests in Germany. pic.twitter.com/cYdVJgFull
— RadioGenoa (@RadioGenoa) October 14, 2023
