OTTAWA — The federal Liberal government is planning to make it a crime to intentionally promote hate against an identifiable group by displaying designated terror and hate symbols in public, National Post has learned.

It comes as Justice Minister Sean Fraser is preparing to table a bill this week to make it an offence to wilfully and intentionally obstruct places of worship, schools, and community centres, which could also include other places where an identifiable group gathers, such as a gay bar and religious college or a daycare.

Fraser has signalled that the bill would go further than the commitments Liberals promised in their spring election platform, which also included making it an offence to “intentionally and wilfully” threaten those attending those locations.

A senior source s

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