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TABLE OF CONTENTSINTRODUCTION.............................................................................................................. 3I – THE MEANING OF “RELIGION” AND “CREED”............................................... 6II – ONTARIO AND CANADA’S PROFILE................................................................. 8III – RELIGIOUSLY-MOTIVATED DISCRIMINATION AND HATE CRIME INONTARIO AND CANADA.............................................................................................. 9IV- LEGAL DEVELOPMENTS IN ONTARIO AND CANADA................................ 13LEGISLATION PROHIBITING HATRED AND DISCRIMINATION........................... 13CASE LAW DEVELOPMENT..................................................................................... 16V – THE INTERNATIONAL POSITION ..................................................................... 20VI – RESPECT FOR RELIGIOUS AND SPIRITUAL BELIEFS – STATEMENTOF PRINCIPLES............................................................................................................ 23CONCLUSION................................................................................................................ 252

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