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Attorney General Announces Anti-Hate Crime Grant to Help Ottawa Youth

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For Immediate Release
February 7, 2008

Attorney General Chris Bentley and Ottawa Centre MPP Yasir Naqvi visit Youth Services Bureau of Ottawa February 7 to announce the group is receiving a $70,000 Anti-Hate Crime Grant.

Attorney General Chris Bentley is joined by community partners as he announces a $70,000 Anti-Hate Crime Grant to Community Services Youth Services Bureau of Ottawa, February 7. The agency will use the money to lead a one-day forum bringing together youth, parents, youth justice workers, police services and justice system workers to increase vigilance against hate crimes and improve support for victims.

The forum is one of 23 anti-hate crime projects across the province funded as part of the Ontario government's $1.35 million anti-hate crime initiative.

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