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This summary highlights key learnings from Section 6 of the report. Download our full report (PDF, 23MB) for more information and details. You may also click on a heading below to open up that section of the PDF report.
Recommendations 1 and 2 focus on how the work to address hate can be organized in B.C.
Recommendation 1 | Hire someone to lead the work. | Who this is for: the Government of B.C. |
Recommendation 2 | Create a plan that includes:
| 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 3 | Realize 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 5 | Build 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 6 | Require 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 7 | Support 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 9 | Commit 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 10 | Make 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:
| Who this is for: Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General |
Recommendation 12 | Help the Human Rights Tribunal help more people by:
| Who this is for: Attorney General |
Inquiry report (full)
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.