OTTAWA - Culture Minister Marc Miller expressed support Tuesday for removing a religious exemption on hate speech from the Criminal Code.

Miller told reporters he doesn't "think people should be using the Bible, the Qur'an or the Torah to escape from committing a hate crime or claim that … what would otherwise be a hate crime is done in the name of a religious text."

Miller chaired the justice committee until he rejoined cabinet on Monday. He said in French in a followup comment he was offering his own perspective and it remains to be seen what the government and the justice committee will do.

The Bloc Québécois said in a press release Monday the party had the government’s support for an amendment to get rid of the exemption.

The comments follow a report by the National Post saying the

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