Protecting Faith Communities with Conservative Bill C-411
After nine years of Justin Trudeau and the Liberals, faith communities in Canada are under threat.
The combination of Justin Trudeau’s crusade against traditional values, free speech, and religious freedoms coupled with his failure to condemn attacks on Christians and Jews have led to a 251% increase in hate crimes against religious communities in Canada.
Since 2021, 112 churches have been vandalized, desecrated and burned down by arsonists.
One hundred and twelve churches!
When these attacks started, this Prime Minister not only refused to address the issue for weeks—let alone condemn it—when he finally did address it, he actually called the arsons “fully understandable.”
As journalist Brian Lilley rightly noted at the time:
“If there were attacks like this taking place at Mosques or other places of worship, then we know that Trudeau would have tweeted right away, issued
statements, and rightly denounced the attacks as hate crimes. Instead, even when asked, Trudeau can’t use that phrase and his condemnations come with what amounts to a “yeah, but” at the end of it.”
Trudeau was put to shame by Indigenous leaders, including former residential school pupils, who properly condemned these shameful acts, denying they were in any way a from of solidarity with Indigenous peoples, and called for them to stop.
Sadly, that has not been the case.
Likewise, the shameful increase in antisemitic attacks on Canada’s Jewish population since last year’s October 7th terror attacks.
Antisemitic mobs have taken over streets, neighborhoods, and our university campuses, and in less than a year, more than two dozen Jewish Synagogues, schools and community centres had been vandalized, burned, or firebombed.
Again, the Trudeau Government’s refusal to wholeheartedly condemn these attacks as they and others on the left pander to Hamas sympathizers has only served to fan the flames of hate and vandalism.
Canada’s Charter of Rights and Freedoms gives Canadians the right to freedom of (and by extension, safety to) worship.
Nobody, regardless of their religious beliefs, should live in fear or have their places of worship—be it a church, synagogue, mosque, temple, gurdwara, etc.—will be attacked, vandalized, or burned by arsonists.
These places of worship are not just buildings; they are sacred spaces where people go to experience faith and community.
Canadians should never find their place of peace destroyed by hateful criminals.
Instead of turning a blind eye or trying to justify and explain away these crimes, Common Sense Conservatives will defend your freedom of worship and assembly from arsonists.
That’s why this past week Conservatives introduced Bill C-411, the Anti Arson Act.
This bill will create a specific criminal offence for causing damage by fire or explosion to a place of worship. It will also mean that if someone is found guilty of this offence, they will face a minimum of 5 years in jail for a first offence and a minimum of 7 years for any subsequent offences.
Only Common Sense Conservatives will stop the crime and the chaos Justin Trudeau and the Liberals have brought to our streets, so Canadians’ places of worship are protected from arson.
Only Conservatives are standing up for the freedom and safety to worship, for all Canadians.
