Posted on 04/04/2023 6:14:01 PM PDT by marshmallow
There is increase in hate crimes 'targeting religion, sexual orientation and race or ethnicity,' according to federal agency
In 2021, Canadian police services received 3,360 statements related to hate crimes, a 27% increase compared to 2020, with a 260% growth against Catholics, according to a new study by Statistics Canada. In 2020, 2,646 hate crimes had been reported to police.
According to the federal agency, this spike in hate crimes is largely due to more incidents "targeting religion, sexual orientation and race or ethnicity."
The number of hate crimes aimed at religion or the faithful of a given religious group reached an all-time high in 2021, after decreasing for a few years.
In 2021, 884 hate crimes targeting a religion were reported. According to analyst Warren Silver, of Statistics Canada, this is an increase of 67% compared to 2020 figures.
The majority of offenses in 2021 were nonviolent ones such as mischief against religious property or places of worship. These represented 707 reports while 177 other crimes were violent offenses, notably assaults (52) and threats (74).
Statistics Canada's report doesn't specify what 2021 events were considered to be motivated by hate aimed at religion. However, the report recalls that following the discovery in May 2021 of the remains of 215 children in Kamloops, on the site of a former Indian residential school once run by the Catholic Church, media reported churches being vandalized and even burned down. If complaints were filed with police services following these events, they would have been considered hate crimes.
"We can't make direct connections," Silver told Présence. But it is probable that such events may have contributed to an increase in mischief aimed at places of worship.
The various religious groups in Canada are all likely to be targets of hate crimes, but Statistics Canada.......
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Question: Why should we care about Canada? My last visit-the whitest country I’ve been to. Maybe not now but I’m not going there anytime soon unless Trump as POTUS buys it. Start with an independent Quebec. THEN see what happens!
Freeper protestants are apparently fine with attacks on Catholics.
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