Do you need to feel hate to commit a hate crime?

Not in Heaven · Jul 8, 2026 · 36m

How much does motive matter when it comes to hate crimes?

In recent years, Canadian Jews have been rocked by a series of attacks on their community institutions, including late-night shootings at schools and synagogues, attempted arson, and smashing community centres' windows. Many Jews have met the situation with a profound sense of dislocation and disbelief; a feeling that the country they once thought they knew had radically shifted around them, that their non-Jewish neighbours were not who they thought they were.

But last month, new information emerged about the alleged perpetrators of…