According to PayPal's list of 'prohibited activities,' users can be fined $2,500 if any of their transactions relate to or involve 'intolerance that is discriminatory,' 'the promotion of hate,' and 'items that are considered obscene.'
Police Commissioner Donna Jones criticized the arrest for being made a priority by police. However, according to UK law, hate crimes are determined by 'perceived' hostility or prejudice.
Canadian Anti-Hate Network Chair Bernie Farber said the booklet is designed to 'help parents, educators and the community identify and intervene when a young person is being groomed and recruited by a white supremacist movement before it is too late.'
Justice Robert Goldstein of the Superior Court of Justice in Toronto ruled that there was a 'reasonable doubt' that Bill Whatcott’s flyer and his actions fit the legal definition for the 'Wilful Promotion of Hatred.'