Minister of Justice and Attorney General Sean Fraser speaks to the media at the Liberal caucus in Edmonton on Sept. 11, 2025. The Canadian Press/Amber Bracken
The Liberal government’s bill targeting hate crimes is not meant to regulate the internet, but it would apply to some online content that involves the “wilful promotion of hatred,” according to Justice Minister Sean Fraser.
“Generally speaking, the law will apply equally online as it does in real communities… just in the limited circumstances where there is the wilful promotion of hatred against someone,” Fraser told the House of Commons justice committee on Oct. 9, as first covered by Blacklock’s Reporter.
