OTTAWA — A group of advocates representing voices across civil society and faith communities came together on Wednesday to decry what they called the “ever-expanding” scope of the Liberals’ legislation aimed at tackling hate. Article content

It comes as MPs on the parliamentary justice committee begin their clause-by-clause review of the legislation, known as Bill C-9, with voting set to get underway on a series of amendments, including one proposed by the Bloc Québécois to see the Criminal Code scrubbed of an existing religious defence for certain hate speech laws. Article content

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That change was not outlined in the original text of the bill, which Justice Minister Sean Fraser presented back in September.

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