Crimes: Hatred and Wilful Promotion

crimes: The code also contains four specific offences listed as hate crimes advocating genocide, public incitement of hatred, wilful promotion of hatred, and mischief motivated by hate in relation to religious property, according to Metro News. In 2015, police reported a total of 1,362 criminal incidents motivated by hate, up 67 from the previous year. Some facts about the findings Hate crimes are defined in the Criminal Code as criminal incidents motivated by hatred toward an identifiable group over factors including race, colour, national or ethnic origin, religion, sexual orientation, language, sex, age, mental or physical disability. They said 35 per cent of these hate crimes, 469 incidents in all, were motivated by religious hatred. This was 12 per cent of all hate crimes. Incidents directed at Muslims rose to 159 in 2015 from 99 in 2014. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.