Awards, citations and other forms of recognition go a long way in presenting a positive image about our multicultural society. The review should include an examination of what, if any, policies are in place to ensure that such materials are appropriately classified and reserved for academic work, perhaps centralized in the Metro Reference Library. Metro Council, should encourage area schools and other institutions to make common use of facilities within Toronto such as the Holocaust Education and Memorial Centre in understanding the evolution and history of hate. Doc Marten boots with coloured shoelaces, Celtic Crosses, etc. Metro Council should then work with local school boards to ensure our schools are an inclusive and welcoming place.
Racist insignias create an atmosphere of fear and hate.
Metro Council should ask its representatives on the Metropolitan Toronto Police Services Board to urge enforcement of Canada's anti-hate laws. These laws, as they are now, when properly enforced are effective. Metro Council should refuse to give grants or do business with those in the private sector who offer facilities to hate groups. The building up of a body of knowledge be it within the Crown's office or police force is absolutely essential in coming to grips with hate activity in our city. This could be done in conjunction with providing the Commission with greater resources to handle such complaints.