This article contains disturbing subject matter, including quotations of alleged hate speech.
But despite numerous hearings and, by his estimate, more than 30 stays in custody for his speech, Whatcott has remained undeterred. Across Canada in 2020, law enforcement reported 2,669 crimes believed to be motivated by bias, prejudice or hate, including public incitement of hatred, uttering threats and assault. The annual total was the highest since comparable data became available in 2009 and up 37 per cent over 2019, including increases of 92 per cent in anti-Black, 152 per cent in anti-Indigenous and 301 per cent in anti-East/Southeast-Asian hate crime reports nationally.
Johnston became a fugitive from justice earlier this month after failing to appear in Calgary and Toronto to serve back-to-back sentences for separate convictions. He was arrested Jan. 4 by U.S. officials while attempting to cross the Saskatchewan-Montana border on foot, according to Calgary Police. “By its very nature, [hate legislation is] subjective,” Whatcott says. “It’s really hard to know what speech violates and what doesn’t until you get slapped.”
against Whatcott. The suit alleged civil conspiracy to injure, defamation and intentional infliction of mental distress on behalf of marchers, recipients of the flyers and Liberal Party figures, some of whom are mentioned in the materials. In his police interview and later with this investigation, Whatcott spoke about his “street kid” youth, his religious awakening at 18 and his work as a nurse in the 1990s, at one point claiming to have provided care to hundreds of terminally ill HIV/AIDS patients, some in the same Toronto neighbourhood where, decades later, he would hand out the allegedly homophobic flyers.
Justice Robert F. Goldstein said in his reasons for decision that there was evidence that Whatcott’s intention may have been to create an “uproar,” featuring content the judge described as “obviously offensive to many people.”“I have found him not guilty because the flyer is in the grey zone between legitimate expression and hate speech,” the reasons read.
“prolific purveyors of hate and discrimination who repeatedly target vulnerable groups,“ Now that right there describes JustinTrudeau almost to a tee. Whenever one has ‘leaders’ who promote hate and divide; one can expect the people to follow. cdnpoli TrudeauRegime Liberal
The puke leader is spreading hate, and fear.Yet you the falling star protect him
It's time we started deporting hate-mongers. They don't belong in Canadian society
You mean people like PMJT?
Hate/discrimination is riddled w\\i Canada, from gov policy to the people. It’s so entrenched w/I the culture, it’ll take more than the courts to see change A CDN said to me ‘your husband is from a 3rd world country, there’s a reason he’s not allowed in’ They weren’t the first…
Slippery slope, we already have a prime minister that ridicules and berates people that dont agree with his point of view and maligns our ancestors
EVERY single hate crime video I have seen online in the last two years involved black people assaulting asian people. The will NEVER report that because it goes against their narrative. And that is why no one trusts the media anymore.
Did you investigate yourself or other Liberals who are openly hateful towards 3,500,000 unvaccinated Canadians and to thouse who do not support COVID19 restrictions VaccinePassports or MaskMandates? LiberalHypocrisy
For all the anti-truckers. I wonder if they can read?
The Toronto Star causing more division. Your reporters are the racists. They can't seem to cover a story without making it about race, even with it's completely irrelevant. Your hand is showing.
IslamoPhobiaIsReal
Doesn't help when your own PM calls unvaccinated people racist and misogynistic and says we shouldn't tolerate them. Lead by example.
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