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Section 2 (in full)

Recommendations 1 and 2 focus on how the work to address hate can be organized in B.C.

Recommendation 1Hire someone to lead the work.Who this is for: the Government of B.C.
Recommendation 2

Create a plan that includes:

  • advice from a community advisory group
  • data collected about hate happening in the province
  • publishing a report each year
  • giving B.C.’s Human Rights Commissioner the responsibility to make sure the strategy stays on track
Who this is for: the Government of B.C.

Understanding hate and acknowledging its harm

Recommendations 3–6 highlight the need for understanding hate as an important part of prevention and response.

Recommendation 3Realize our responsibility to each other by understanding and standing up against hate.Who this is for: All of us
Recommendation 4

Do more teaching and learning in schools about hate and how to stop it.

Who this is for: Minister of Education and Child Care
Recommendation 5Build a province-wide reporting system that includes supports for survivors.Who this is for: Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General with support from Attorney General
Recommendation 6Require training on hate crimes for police.Who this is for: Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General and police services

Building safety and belonging

Recommendations 7–9 address how “us-against-them” thinking threatens our sense of belonging and safety, which leaves room for hate to grow.

Recommendation 7Support and fund community restorative justice and healing programs to help people radicalized into hate as well as people impacted by hate.Who this is for: Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General with support from Attorney General
Recommendation 8

Add plans to address hate to emergency response planning.

Who this is for: Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General and Minister of Emergency Management and Climate Readiness
Recommendation 9Commit to changing how content is shared and how hate is addressed; share how effective these changes are.Who this is for: social media companies including Google, Meta, Reddit, Rumble, Telegram, TikTok and Twitter

Fostering accountability and repairing harm

Recommendations 10–12 aim to hold people accountable and support those who have been harmed in order to help repair the damage of hate.

Recommendation 10Make it easier for police and Crown lawyers to recommend and make a hate-related charge.Who this is for: Attorney General
Recommendation 11

Write a policing standard to tell police:

  • when gender-based violence should be considered a hate crime
  • how to recognize and prove when a crime is motivated by hate
  • to make at least one position a specialist in hate crimes
  • that data about hate should be collected and shared
  • to encourage people to report more hate incidents
Who this is for: Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General
Recommendation 12

Help the Human Rights Tribunal help more people by:

  • making sure they have enough money to deal with complaints quickly
  • change the Human Rights Code to make it clear it protects against hate speech online
  • Add protections to the Code for people experiencing hate because they are unemployed or homeless
Who this is for: Attorney General

The full Inquiry report (PDF, 23MB) is available for download. The over 400-page-long report (including appendices) details the Inquiry process, community stories, investigation results and the Commissioner’s recommendations for how we can collectively move forward.

For a quick overview, see the plain language summaries below or our executive summary, also available in multiple languages.

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