ABSTRACT
Globalised hate discrimination is a new phenomenon in our increasingly interconnected world. It used to be said in Canada (in the pre-Internet age) that it was a mistake to be concerned about hatemongers because all of them could be accommodated in a telephone booth.1 Even if this characterization resonated at one time, it cannot be said to do so today. Economic, political and technological change has altered the social context so signifi cantly that hate discrimination, with its profoundly harmful eff ects, is now widely disseminated through a broad variety of media capable of reaching millions of people all over the world instantly, at no cost, and with very little eff ort.2
