TORONTO – B’nai Brith Canada’s League for Human Rights has described the precedent-setting six-month sentence in the Nova Scotia cross burning case as a strong deterrent to hatemongers.
“We welcome this sentence and the message it sends that the Nova Scotia courts will not tolerate hate-related activity in any form, or directed at any group,” said Frank Dimant, CEO of B’nai Brith Canada. “This recognition that cross burning is a hate crime is not just a precedent in legal terms, but sends an important signal to the victimized family that they are not alone and that Canadians stand together in condemning all reprehensible acts of this nature, which are solely designed to harass, intimidate or terrorize.”
