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Podcast: Open to Debate with David Moscrop
Episode: Where do hate crimes come from and what is to be done?
Description: In the first year of the pandemic, police-reported hate crimes rose by 37 percent. That’s from a recent Statistics Canada report that recorded 2,669 incidents in 2020 – the highest number since such data became available in 2009. And that’s just the tip of the iceberg. No one who has been paying attention to the rise in hateful rhetoric, threats, and the growing mobilization of white supremacists in Canada will be surprised by this data. But it’s shocking and troubling nonetheless. Rooting out hate in Canada requires that we face it head on: going to its source an...