Canada hate crimes up 47% as Muslims, Jews and black people targeted | World news | The Guardian

Canada hate crimes up 47% as Muslims, Jews and black people targeted | World news | The Guardian

The spike mirrors an increase in hate crimes south of the border in the United States, where they rose in 2017 for the third consecutive year, according to the FBI. “We were shocked by the numbers – and, at the same time, we weren’t,” said Ihsaan Gardee, the executive director of the National Council of Canadian Muslims. “This increase didn’t occur in a vacuum.”

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