Your department handed out $708,400 in 2020 and 2023 to the Anti-Hate Network. Public Safety gave them $200,000 this year.
I have a couple of questions I would like you to answer for me regarding the work that the anti-hate network is doing for this money.
1) In 2023, Statistics Canada reported a +260% increase in Catholic hate crimes in 2021. In the past couple of years there have been 112 cases of vandalization or burning of Catholic churches
Not only did your government not act or report on these hate crimes, neither did the Anti-Hate Network. Can you please explain this lack of action from the government, and from the organization that your government has given almost a million dollars to?
2) The Anti-Hate Network hasn't reported on the extreme hatred of the Oct 7 terrorist attack on Israel by the hate group Hamas? https://nationalpost.com/
Why not?
3) The Anti-Hate Network is part of the Antifa movement https://nationalpost.com/
"The judge said that the statements made had the benefit of being true, noting that, “CAHN did in fact assist Antifa and that the movement has been violent,” and it would be reasonable to state that it is not a “good look” for a human rights organization to support a violent movement. Additionally, the judge concluded the defence of fair comment could apply, meaning the opinions expressed by the Kays could be reasonably drawn from the known facts and were not expressed out of malice. The judge noted that even “Warman’s evidence was that he and CAHN were part of the Antifa movement,” and its “muscular resistance” and “physical disruption” were known to two other board members."
Why is the Canadian government funding an organization that is involved with Antifa?
4) The anti-hate network only focuses on (what they call) 'far-right', or 'ultra-right' or 'extreme-right' organizations. Why are they not also focusing on far-left hate organizations?
5) Your own anti-racism strategy only talks about far-right organizations and not far-left organizations. Why does your government not care about 'far-left', or 'ultra-left' or 'extreme-left' hatred?
I look forward to your answers to my questions.
Thank you.
Sincerely,
Patricia Maloney
NOTE: I have no idea how Canadian Heritage's promotion of 'linguistic and cultural diversity', and 'arts and heritage sectors' and 'helping to share our stories and build a strong inclusive Canada' aligns with giving tax dollars to the Anti-Hate Network who aligns itself with Antifa, and doesn't care about Catholic hate crimes and burning churches.
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