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Recommendation 1: Commit to introducing a social media regulator with a special focus on ensuring that civil liberties are protected.

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Recommendation 2: Designated funding for a National Support Fund for Survivors of Hate-Motivated Crimes: The funding program should cover expenses incurred by survivors as a result of the hate-motivated incident or attack. The funding must include eligible expenses such as paramedical services (physiotherapy etc.), medical treatment and equipment, mental health treatment and supports, as well as loss of earnings. Applications for funds or their release should be readily available in the immediate aftermath of an attack when survivors need it most. Funding should not be contingent on a final criminal sentence being rendered.

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Recommendation 3: Legislation should be introduced to implement provisions that place any entity that finances, facilitates, or participates in violent white supremacist and/or neo-Nazi activities on a list of white supremacist groups, which is separate and distinct from the terror-listing provisions. We note that this option has been endorsed by at least one of the major federal parties.

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Recommendation 4: An analysis of why national security agencies do not release disaggregated data about how many of those surveilled belong to racializedcommunities.

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Recommendation 5: Criminal Code Amendments: Introduce free-standing provisions in the Criminal Code around hate-motivated assault, murder, threats, and mischief that include specific penalties corresponding to each infraction respectively, and with an eye to potential diversionary measures;

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Recommendation 6: Remove requirement for Attorney General’s consent: The Attorney General’sconsent is currently required to begin any prosecution for the willful promotion ofhatred and genocide. This is a uniquely high bar that should be abolished. Thesame should go for any future free-standing provision(s) around hate-motivated crimes.

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Recommendation 7: IP should also be broadened to allow for mosques to host broader community building safety initiatives.

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Recommendation 8: Committing to the recommendations brought forward at the National Summit on Islamophobia with added consideration to implementing the previousrecommendations brought forward by the Heritage Committee.

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Recommendation 9: Protecting the right of Canadians to engage in critique of foreigngovernments.

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Recommendation 10: CVE Reform: Until there is a coherent set of policies enshrined to prevent theprofiling and mass surveillance of our communities, pause the mandated “Countering Violent Extremism” programs at the federal level, and require Public Safety Canada to develop out a new program in consultation with racialized communities for broader public safety.