This list constitutes part of a subdivision of the Code called «Hate Propaganda», which includes advocating genocide, public incitement of hatred, and
wilful promotion of hatred.
The Canadian Bar Association supported «retaining section 13 as a useful tool,» but had reservations about the punitive fines and stated in a paper that promotion of hatred is a «social evil» that has increased with the proliferation of the Internet, and that the standard for
wilful promotion of hatred in the Criminal Code is very hard to prove.