Joshua Sealy-Harrington hosts panel on Zionist Mark Carney’s Bill C-9 (“The Combatting Hate Act, Civil Liberties, and Safety”) which violates our charter right to freedom of expression, criminalizes protests by Canadian Indigenous (already brutalized too much for trying to protect their lands from polluters), peaceful protests for Peace for Palestine and against illegal land sales of their stolen lands in corrupt Canadian Synagogues/churches. I am anti-Zionist because I am opposed to genocide, racism and slaughter of babies and children, I will always be, no matter what dumb fuckery Harper-Carney creates. Anti-Zionism is *not* antisemitism.

Are my posts illegal when I slam Nazi-Zionist Carney and his many – in my view – crimes against humanity by allowing weapons made in Canada to go to genocidal Israel via USA, and his cowardly loathsome Bill C-9?

My cartoon collection?

Fuck that. Charge me, I’ll fight back legally.

Webinar: Bill C9 Becomes Law 1:38:48 by The Legal Centre for Palestine, Sep 11, 2026

Bill C9, now in force as the Combatting Hate Act, was ostensibly created to protect marginalized populations targeted by hate crimes. However, many such groups representing these populations opposed the bill from the start, predicting that it would criminalize dissent rather than contribute to the safety of their communities. The Legal Centre for Palestine, Independent Jewish Voices, and the Centre for Free Expression are deeply concerned that this law will be wielded against Palestinians and solidarity advocates, as well as Indigenous and racialized communities already facing overpolicing, repression, and discrimination when exercising their rights.

It is in this climate that we revisit the Combatting Hate Act, starting off with a technical discussion of the law and what the implications on free expression and protest may be as we wait to see the law enforced on the ground.

The event will then move to a panel discussion on the notion of safety that the law attempts to articulate, in the context of recent developments such as the extensive use of hate crime charges in Toronto on activists, a rash of Islamophobic attacks, and a Government–commissioned report on antisemitism on university campuses.

Cohosted by Independent Jewish Voices, The Legal Centre for Palestine, and Centre for Free Expression.

@elikaufman3254:

Thanks so much for this informative and important discussion about bill c-9. It’s really important that people know about this new legislation and I don’t think it’s being talked about enough. Just a small but important correction – Professor Bhabha mentions at 18:28 the consent of the Attorney General is no longer required in order to pursue hate crime charges – while this was part of the original draft of the bill it was eventually left out due to opposition, and the bill that is now in effect still requires the consent of the Attorney General to proceed with charges. It does seem true that police will have discretion whether or not to arrest someone for a hate crime, but the attorney general would still have to approve the case before it went to court, if I understand correctly. Larry Haiven mentions this later but I just wanted to make that clear in case people didn’t make it to the 45 minute mark. Thanks again for this great discussion!

@MarioandMargaretRao:

Thank you for speaking truth to power

@JoshuaSealy Sep 26, 2026:

With Canada officially declaring decolonial critique of Israel (i.e., anti-Zionism) antisemitic, it’s more urgent than ever to understand & resist this racist propaganda, which this panel co-hosted by @LCPal_ca, @CFE_TMU, & @IndJewishVoices addresses

00:00 – My introduction on the weaponization of “anti-hate” legislation to suppress political expression/activism, and the obvious social context for that legislation, namely Israel’s livestreamed genocide in Gaza

06:59 – @BhabhaFaisal (@LCPal_ca) providing an overview of Bill C-9, and its impact on Palestinian and Muslim activism in Canada

22:35 – Jim Turk (@CFE_TMU) explaining the threats posed by Bill C-9 to free expression and academic freedom

36:50 – @LarryHaiven (@IndJewishVoices) clarifying how Canada is misrepresenting the meaning of antisemitism, and the impacts of that misrepresentation on Jewish activism and dissent

51:47 – Discussion about the contested history of Canadian/American Jewish establishment organizations and their relationship to civil rights activism

54:36 – Discussion about mounting a legal challenge against Bill C-9

1:06:26 – Discussion about how Bill C-9 may impact anti-Zionist belief and expression in Canada

1:14:01 – Discussion about how to advise clients facing repression without contributing to the erosion of civil liberties

1:22:19 – Discussion about repression, academic freedom, and the obligations of academics in the preservation of democratic norms

1:24:34 – Discussion about repression in the workplace more broadly, including the role of unions

1:35:02 – Discussion about expanding police discretion and “the process as punishment”

/fin

Refer also to:

Gaza, 2o25:

Zionism is a crime against humanity