Open for signatureElectronice-7859 · Parliament 45

Investigate and curb hate online

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Petitioners ask the Government to commission an immediate public inquiry; declare a hate-crime crisis and brief provinces and municipalities; tighten and speed terrorist-entity listing with clear criteria and meaningful judicial review; create a national live hate-crime data platform with privacy safeguards; and mandate API audits, non‑algorithmic feeds and AI‑content labels on very large platforms.

Why we would sign this petition

  • A public inquiry could identify root causes and recommend coordinated federal, provincial and municipal actions to reduce hate and extremism.
  • Clearer, faster terrorist‑entity listing with meaningful judicial review would increase transparency, legal fairness and public accountability.
  • A national live data platform plus API audits and non‑algorithmic feeds could improve reporting, research and platform moderation while preserving privacy safeguards.

Why we wouldn’t sign this petition

  • A public inquiry and a national platform would require substantial funding and staff, potentially diverting resources from frontline policing and social programs.
  • Speeding the terrorist‑entity listing process risks errors or overreach; implementing meaningful judicial review and clear criteria is legally and administratively complex.
  • Mandating platform changes (API audits, non‑algorithmic feeds, AI labels) may face technical, legal and jurisdictional hurdles and could affect lawful expression or service availability.

The summary and both sets of reasons are AI-generated from the petition and given equal weight. Claims are the petitioners’ own; consult the official record for the full text.

Official petition

Petition to the House of Commons Statistics Canada marked a 245% increase in hate crimes across Canada between 2015 and 2025; Canadian security agencies have warned about the rise of domestic and internationally affiliated hate groups in Canada, with CBC revealing in March 2026 that over 30 of the 200+ global active clubs are based in Canada; According to CSIS’ Public Report 2025, nearly 1 in 10 CSIS terrorism investigations involve a suspect under 18, underscoring the rise of youth radicalization; and Over a dozen whistleblowers revealed to the BBC that TikTok and Meta allowed harmful content to proliferate following evidence that algorithmic outrage increased engagement. We, the undersigned, citizens and residents of Canada, call upon the Government of Canada to: 1. Commission an immediate public inquiry investigating the rise of hate and extremist groups in Canada and outlining recommendations for all levels of government; 2. Publicly declare that Canada has a hate crime crisis and send a relevant Public Safety Canada briefing to all municipal and provincial governments; 3. Strengthen the transparency and timeliness of the process pertaining to the listing of organizations meeting the legal threshold for designation as terrorist entities, while ensuring clear criteria, appropriate procedural safeguards, and meaningful judicial review; 4. Establish a national, live data-sharing platform for hate crime reporting while protecting privacy rights; and 5. Emulate internationally proven best practices to reduce hate on very large online platforms while safeguarding privacy, including mandating auditing of API data by independent researchers, creating non-algorithmic feeds, and labeling AI-generated content.

Government response

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