hate crimes

With the recent murder of Charlie Kirk and that of the kids at the Annunciation Catholic Church, the subject of “hate crime” has come up again. I suggest that people who can’t control the conversation by other, more logical means generally put forward the concept of hate speech. I’ll go further and suggest that we should be removing all hate crime legislation from the books because it is so very arbitrarily enforced.

“Go suck a sawed-off shotgun”
“You’re a Nazi piece of shit”
“We kill Nazis”

This is what @usacycling’s Connor Wolfe says to women standing up for female sports. Men don’t belong in women sports!

USA Cycling has kids as young as 6 years old in the sport!pic.twitter.com/F4Qb7GcuGB

— Gays Against Groomers (@againstgrmrs) September 16, 2025

In 2024, of the 1,343 reported hate crimes that were classified as motivated by religion, those targeting the Jewish community accounted for 920, or roughly 68 per cent.

The next largest number of religiously motivated hate crimes were those targeting Muslim Canadians, with 229 reports in 2024, up slightly from 220 incidents in 2023 and 109 in 2022.

For Catholics, 61 hate crimes were reported in 2024, compared to 49 in 2023 and 52 in 2022.

The sword attack at a Brandon high school last week was a targeted and racially motivated assault, police say.

“The offender planned the attack and the perpetration of violence against targets chosen specifically based on race — targeting people of colour and immigrants. It was a deliberate, senseless, targeted act of hate,” Chief Tyler Bates said in a statement posted on the police service’s Facebook page on Friday.

Poilievre’s plan to deport residents under the pretense of hate crimes is not leadership. It’s dangerous politics

Over the years, as an immigration lawyer I’ve had the privilege of representing countless newcomers to Canada — refugee claimants, permanent residents and future citizens. And if there’s one thing these clients share, it’s a deep commitment to following the law.

They know — often better than most — that their path to citizenship depends on it.

That’s why Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre’s recent threat to deport non-citizens involved in “antisemitic crimes” isn’t just alarming — it’s dishonest.

Woman, 27, accused of ‘suspected hate-motivated’ incident at TTC station

A 27-year-old woman is accused of a suspected hate-motivated incident at a TTC station in North York last summer.

Toronto Police claim a woman assaulted and threw alcohol on the alleged victim, then uttered anti-East Indian comments and threats around 8:30 p.m. on July 2, 2024.

Mursal Abdul Basir was taken into custody on Tuesday.

Toronto man accused of uttering hate-motivated threats on board TTC bus

THESE days it feels to me as though the very things that define our once-great country are constantly under attack.

Our proud history. Our national identity. Our unique culture. Our shared values. Our distinctive way of life.

And now, as shocking events this week reveal, our belief in free speech, free expression and individual freedom.

The federal government has confirmed an uptick in arson attacks on churches and other religious institutions following claims of mass graves being discovered at a former residential school site located in Kamloops, B.C., in 2021.

According to data provided by cabinet in an Inquiry of Ministry tabled in the House of Commons on Sept. 16, there were an average of 43 police-reported arson attacks on places of worship from 2015 to 2020. The numbers went up significantly in 2021 when there were 90 arson attacks, followed by 74 attacks in 2022, the last year cited in the document.

The 62-year-old victim of a machete attack by a drug and alcohol crazed teen last Boxing Day said she’s been “short changed” by the justice system that didn’t address the fact that it was a “hate crime.”

“I don’t know how else to put it. The justice system sucks,” she told the Western Standard in an exclusive interview after her then-17-year-old attacker’s sentence was handed down by Calgary youth court Justice Nick D’Souza Monday.