A government committee is asking cabinet to establish a federal task force to protect religious freedoms so Canadians can worship and attend religious institutions without fear.
The Commons justice committee, in a Dec. 6 report to Parliament, recommended the creation of an anti-hate crime task force “to coordinate the protection of faith communities.”
Canadians should be able to attend a Hebrew school or menorah lighting without being harassed, Conservative MP Melissa Lantsman told the committee, as reported by Blacklock’s Reporter.
“There is a timeliness to all of this,” said Ms. Lantsman, who is Jewish. “All of those who are going to attend afternoon prayers or church during the holidays, I want them to know Ottawa is talking about how to keep those institutions safe.”
The committee’s report also recommended cabinet blacklist the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, a terrorist entity under the Criminal Code, “expel the estimated 700 Iranian agents operating in Canada,” and establish a public registry of foreign agents.
“A lot of these things are things we all agree on,” said Liberal MP Anthony Housefather, adding that local police “often do not know how to…
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