MPs Call for Anti-Hate Task Force to Safeguard Religious Freedoms

MPs Call for Anti-Hate Task Force to Safeguard Religious Freedoms
Conservative MP Melissa Lantsman speaks during question period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on May 19, 2022. The Canadian Press/Sean Kilpatrick
Jennifer Cowan
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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.”