B'nai Brith National Organization of Canada / Organisation nationale de B'nai Brith Canada

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Registration: 17 of 21 (2025-12-10 to 2025-12-15)

Details Regarding the Identified Subject Matter

Subject matters	Details	Categories
Justice and Law Enforcement	Amend the Criminal Code to broaden the definition of hate speech to include modern forms of online and digital harassment, which are often used to target minority communities, including the Jewish community.	Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
Budget	Dedicate funding to create a publicly accessible digital archive of all records (government departments and agencies) relating to the Holocaust and then have Library and Archives Canada (LAC) organize and release them as non-redacted copies readily open and accessible to the public.	Policies or Program
National Security/Security	Develop a permanent intergovernmental task force or mechanism to harmonize hate crime enforcement, data collection, and inter-agency response across jurisdictions (Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs).	Policies or Program
National Security/Security	Dissolve Samidoun as a not-for profit corporation.	Policies or Program
National Security/Security	Ensure that Public Safety Canada fulfills its mandate to protect Canada from the spread of extremist ideologies, especially those that could radicalize young Canadians or incite violence against Jewish communities.	Policies or Program
National Security/Security	Ensure that those who are in contravention of Canadian sanctions are thoroughly investigated and held accountable for their transgressions.	Policies or Program
National Security/Security	Establish a federally legislated, independent enforcement body mandated to detect, investigate, and publicly report on foreign interference – including transnational repression, electoral manipulation, and the ideological infiltration of civil society organizations.	Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
Arts and Culture	Establish a national monitoring system to track the adoption and implementation of the IHRA definition, identifying areas where it is not being effectively applied, and implementing improvements where necessary.	Policies or Program
Justice and Law Enforcement, National Security/Security	Examine the enhancement of section 83.18 of the Criminal Code, which prohibits the participation in the activity of a terrorist group. Membership in, recruiting others to become members of, and the promotion or glorification of a listed terror entity should also be criminalized using this section.	Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
Justice and Law Enforcement, National Security/Security	Explore reformation of section 319(3)(b) of the Criminal Code. The defences from prosecution contained in these provisions are being manipulated by bad faith actors who are taking advantage of these sections by misusing their roles as faith leaders to justify their promotion of hatred.	Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
Arts and Culture	For the Government of Canada to maintain its commitment to fighting antisemitism by developing a concrete plan to implement the universal use of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) working definition of antimerism.	Policies or Program
Budget	Fund the development of a 5-year program to enhance the literacy of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) working definition of antisemitism amongst Canadian youth.	Policies or Program
National Security/Security	Implement a national ban on all rallies that promote hate speech, violence, and extremism, including those like Al-Quds Day.	Policies or Program
Justice and Law Enforcement	Increase the maximum sentences for hate propaganda offences.	Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
Privacy and Access to Information	Introduce amendments to the Access to Information Act that would mandate the disclosure of all records relations to all records relating specifically to alleged Nazi war criminals in Canada and to any other Canadian citizen or resident who may have been complicit in carrying out the Holocaust and, all other Holocaust-related records (as defined by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance) in the possession of the Government of Canada.	Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
Justice and Law Enforcement	Introduce amendments to the Criminal Code to increase penalties for hate-motivated crimes. This includes harsher sentencing guidelines for crimes committed with a hateful intent, ensuring that perpetrators face significant consequences.	Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
Justice and Law Enforcement	Introduce legislation that prohibits the wearing of masks or face coverings at protests, except for those with legitimate medical or religious reasons. This law should balance the right to protest with the need to prevent hate speech, violence, and other illegal activities.	Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
Justice and Law Enforcement	Introduce national legislation that would ban nuisance protests near vulnerable infrastructure.	Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
Justice and Law Enforcement	Introduce statutory protections for whistleblowers and victims of foreign-influenced intimidation, alongside secure, confidential reporting channels accessible to individuals at risk.	Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
Budget, Religion	Invest in a mandatory antisemitism training program for all federal public servants that includes training on the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition.	Policies or Program
Foreign Affairs, International Development	Launch a comprehensive third-party audit and establish stringent accountability conditions for future support for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine. (UNRWA). The UN organization has been repeatedly implicated — through open-source evidence and international intelligence disclosures — in providing institutional cover to individuals aligned with Hamas and other proscribed terrorist entities.	Policies or Program
Taxation and Finance	Launch compliance investigations into Canadian-registered not-for-profit organizations and charities suspected of facilitating, directly or indirectly, the transfer of resources to listed terrorist entities, with a mandate for swift enforcement where national security violations occur.	Policies or Program
National Security/Security	Legislate mandatory parliamentary briefings and annual public reporting on the scope, evolution, and response to foreign interference threats, enhancing accountability and transparency and Develop a graduated enforcement regime that empowers the government to respond proportionately to violations, from public reprimands to criminal charges, where warranted.	Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
Budget, National Security/Security	Make new investments to support and strengthen Canada’s ability to monitor and prevent terrorism. Funding should be provided to enhance the capacity and expand the capabilities of Canada’s Integrated National Security Enforcement Teams (INSETs).	Policies or Program
Justice and Law Enforcement, National Security/Security	Mandate a comprehensive review and designation of all the presently un-listed entities of concern and to designate those who meet the legislated criteria as terrorist entities	Policies or Program
Justice and Law Enforcement, National Security/Security	Propose amendments to the Criminal Code to criminalize the public display of the emblems and symbols of listed terror entities to effectively prevent the glorification and promotion of the ideologies and actions of listed terror entities. This could be included in section 83.18	Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
Foreign Affairs	Propose solutions to rectify the general incoherence of Canada’s sanctions schemes, including by instituting clear and publicly available policy regarding which legislation is used in which circumstances, and ensuring that the various sanctions legislations are used in an internally consistent and cohesive manner.	Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
Justice and Law Enforcement	Pursue an amendment to the Criminal Code that will ban the public display of the Nazi hooked cross (Hakenkreuz) and other Nazi iconography.	Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
Budget	Review all federal grant programs to ensure that only projects that align with Canada’s Anti-Racism Strategy: Changing Systems, Transforming Lives, 2024-2028 receive federal funding.	Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit, Policies or Program
Justice and Law Enforcement, National Security/Security	Review and amend existing hate crime and online harms legislation to ensure that Canadian legislation is reflective of all the forms of hate presently plaguing our society	Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
Justice and Law Enforcement, National Security/Security	Spearhead reforms in regard to the repercussions imposed following the listing of a terrorist entity. For example, membership in or recruiting for a listed terror entity must be made a criminal offence in Canada.	Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
Immigration	Strengthen legal tools to insulate Canada from individuals associated with hate-promoting ideologies, listed terrorist entities, and foreign influence networks by amending the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA) and other relevant federal legislation.	Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
Foreign Affairs	Support the passage of legislation such as Bill S-247 (An Act to amend the Justice for Victims of Corrupt Foreign Officials Act that would, in the enforcement of sanctions, enable restrictions and prohibitions on activities in relation to family members, making it more difficult for gross human rights violators and kleptocrats to avoid the enforcement of sanctions by transferring, giving or selling their property to family members.	Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
Foreign Affairs	Support the utilization of the new mechanism to repurpose assets of sanctioned individuals and entities, and facilitate the establishment of a clear role for victims in this process, including a role for individual claimants, and the possibility of using assets to assist victims in war-torn countries and conflict zones.	Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
Industry, Science and Technology	That Jewish persons be included in all Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Accessibility (EDIA) policies and initiatives that are found within the new capstone research funding organization’s legislation, governance structures and programming.	Policies or Program
Justice and Law Enforcement, National Security/Security	That the Government of Canada formally recognize the national crisis of antisemitism and establish a federal task force to develop a coordinated, nationwide response.	Policies or Program
National Security/Security	That the Minister of Public Safety investigate and, where possible, enforce restrictions on terror-glorifying content, including but not limited to video games and online activity.	Policies or Program, Regulation
Industry, Science and Technology	That the new Capstone Research Funding Organization ensures that Canada’s three federal research funding agencies amend their funding agreements with post-secondary institutions to include, as a component of the agreements, an attestation that the institutions will ensure that all activities funded by the agencies are in alignment with Canada’s Anti-Racism Strategy.	Policies or Program
National Security/Security	That the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security launch a new study on the topic of the rise of online radicalization among Canadian youth.	Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
Foreign Affairs	The need for Canada to impose sanctions on the political leaders of Hamas (a listed terrorist entity) for their role in the October 7 Hamas terrorist attack against Israel.	Policies or Program
Foreign Affairs, Justice and Law Enforcement, National Security/Security	Unconditionally support Israel’s efforts to nullify the extra-territorial threats currently compromising its security, and commit to assisting in the development of afunctional democracy within the Palestinian Territories before it recognizes the existence of a Palestinian state.	Policies or Program