Justice Minister Sean Fraser tabled new legislation Friday expected to introduce four Criminal Code offences, including one that would make it a crime to intentionally promote hatred against identifiable groups in public using certain hate- or terrorism-related symbols.

The full text of the bill won't be available until later today.

If passed, the legislation is expected to target symbols associated with the government's list of terrorist entities , which includes the Proud Boys, Hamas and Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. For instance, it would make it a crime to promote hatred against Jewish people using Hamas flags or swastika signs outside a synagogue.

It would also crack down on people willfully intimidating and obstructing places of worship and other sensitive insti

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