How can enforcement in areas in Montreal be improved?
Please comment on the situation in Montreal, and areas where enforcement can be improved.
Rather than confining the answer to Montreal, there are a number of jurisdictions where enforcement can be improved through robust use of existing measures to combat unlawful activities. This requires knowledge of existing legal measures and knowledge of how contemporary antisemitism manifests itself on the part of both police and prosecutors. There must also be an understanding that hate speech that meets the criminal threshold has been criminalized because it marginalizes targeted communities and gains adherents to engage in conduct, including violence – so said the Supreme Court of Canada in upholding the constitutionality of wilful promotion of hatred. This is why we stress both the value of training and education of police and prosecutors and working towards a greater will to act on the part of leadership, with support through municipal zero-tolerance policies.