Kasari Govender found that hate incidents in B.C. have increased dramatically since the COVID-19 pandemic, and legal and government responses have been largely ineffective
So few charges are laid for hate crimes in British Columbia that the government and other agencies need to offer victims more options for redress, as the justice system isn’t working for them, according to the province’s independent Human Rights Commissioner.
“We need to ensure that the criminal justice system can effectively respond to hate for those who are seeking that form of justice and to ensure that other forms of justice are available to those who do not feel safe according to police, such as restorative-justice programs and human-rights complaints.”
The report says the Crown takes a “conservative” approach to laying charges, but victims of hate crimes are thwarted when attempting to seek other avenues of justice: the civil justice system is frequently inaccessible, and the human rights tribunal in the province is beset by severe delays. The education curriculum should be expanded to include anti-hate instruction at all grades and students should be taught to detect online disinformation, the report says.
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