{"id":10563,"date":"2025-07-04T23:15:19","date_gmt":"2025-07-05T03:15:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/?p=10563"},"modified":"2025-07-05T00:34:49","modified_gmt":"2025-07-05T04:34:49","slug":"b-c-ndp-govt-pours-more-money-into-hate-squad-spying-on-your-opinions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/?p=10563","title":{"rendered":"B.C. NDP Gov&#8217;t Pours More Money Into &#8220;Hate Squad&#8221; &#8212; Spying on Your Opinions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\" id=\"file-2808149\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bpmcdn.com\/f\/files\/aldergrove\/import\/2018-06\/12228913_web1_MLAGarryBegg.jpg;w=960\" alt=\"12228913_web1_MLAGarryBegg\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Garry Begg, public safety minister and solicitor general. (File photo\/Black Press Media)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bpmcdn.com\/files\/texttospeech\/8111727-1f0e782c-dc93-4b94-8070-e303e84ccbc8.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>][&#8220;hate crimes&#8221; are not crimes at all: that is, an accusation, an arrest and a finding of guilty. Most are ACCUSATIONS are  something some censorship minded minority felt<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bpmcdn.com\/files\/texttospeech\/8111727-1f0e782c-dc93-4b94-8070-e303e84ccbc8.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> offended by, like a &#8220;Whites Lives Matterr&#8221; stickerr. In fact, no crime at all<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bpmcdn.com\/files\/texttospeech\/8111727-1f0e782c-dc93-4b94-8070-e303e84ccbc8.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">00:01:04<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bpmcdn.com\/files\/texttospeech\/8111727-1f0e782c-dc93-4b94-8070-e303e84ccbc8.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>B.C. Public Safety Minister and Solicitor General Garry Begg announced on Friday (July 4) that the province is putting up $734,000 for five&nbsp;more RCMP officers and an intelligence analyst to be added to the hate crime unit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Funding will also strengthen efforts to address hate-motivated crimes throughout our criminal justice process by ensuring that prosecutors have the necessary evidence for charge approvals,&#8221; said Begg, a former RCMP officer.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The hate crime unit will now consist of seven officers.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Statistics presented by the B.C. government&nbsp;show that police-reported&nbsp;hate crimes rose 23 per cent from 2022 to 2023. Of these, hate crimes related to religion rose 50 per cent, and hate crimes linked to sexual orientation rose 43 per cent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This funding is part of a $230 million provincial investment in the RCMP.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>B.C. is the only province with a dedicated hate-crime unit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>][&#8220;hate crimes&#8221; are not crimes at all: that is, an accusation, an arrest and a finding of guilty. Most are ACCUSATIONS are something some censorship minded minority felt offended by, like a &#8220;Whites Lives Matterr&#8221; stickerr. In fact, no crime &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/?p=10563\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[5972,3216,5973,270],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10563"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10563"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10563\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10564,"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10563\/revisions\/10564"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10563"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10563"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10563"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}