Milton L. Klein
Milton L. Klein | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Cartier | |
| In office 1963–1968 | |
| Preceded by | Leon Crestohl |
| Succeeded by | District was abolished in 1966 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | February 21, 1910 Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Died | December 31, 2007 (aged 97) Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Political party | Liberal |
Milton Lowen Klein,
Personal life
Klein was born in 1910 in Montreal, Quebec. His parents were real estate agents who migrated from Hungary. He was one of five children. He was educated at Fairmont High and at Strathcona Academy, and obtained his law degree from Université de Montréal in 1933.[1]
Klein eloped with his wife, Dorothy Ruby, on New Year's Eve, 1935. They had two children. He was active in the Jewish community and was a member of the executive council of the Canadian Jewish Congress and a co-chairman of the Israel Bond Organization. His wife, Dorothy, died in 1991.[1]
Political career
Klein was drafted as the Liberal candidate in the largely Jewish riding of Cartier when the incumbent Liberal MP Leon Crestohl died suddenly during the 1963 federal election campaign.[2] He served for two terms, in the Parliaments elected in 1963 and 1965.[3] He retired before the 1968 federal election when the riding of Cartier was abolished due to redistribution.[4] During his time in Parliament, he was twice the chair of the Standing Committee on Indian Affairs, Human Rights and Citizenship and Immigration.[3]
In 1964, Klein introduced a
In January 1965, the federal government appointed the Special Committee on Hate Propaganda in Canada, chaired by Maxwell Cohen and including Pierre Trudeau (at that time a law professor at the Université de Montréal). The committee's mandate was to study the issue of hate propaganda and make recommendations on legislation. One of the first things the committee did was to meet with members of Parliament who were interested in the issue, including Klein, to co-ordinate the work of the committee and the members of Parliament.[6]
In 1966, the Cohen Committee reported in favour of legislation. The Pearson government then introduced a bill to amend the Criminal Code, making it an offence to advocate genocide, similar to Klein's draft bill.[1] The bill also created an offence of publicly inciting hatred in a way likely to induce a breach of the peace, and a third offence, of wilfully promoting hatred. The government bill took four years to wend its way through Parliament but, in 1970, it was passed by the federal government of Pierre Trudeau, now prime minister.[7]
Klein was also a proponent of
Death
Klein was admitted to
References
- ^ Montreal Gazette. January 6, 2008. Archived from the originalon 2012-11-03.
- ISBN 0-7735-1839-8, page 93
- ^ a b Milton L. Klein – Parliament of Canada biography
- ^ "The Regenstreif Family of Canada". Archived from the original on 2018-07-14. Retrieved December 25, 2007.
- ^ William Kaplan, "Maxwell Cohen and the Report of the Special Committee on Hate Propaganda" in Law, Policy, and International Justice: Essays in Honour of Maxwell Cohen, McGill-University Press, 1993, p. 246.
- ^ Kaplan, p. 248.
- ^ Kaplan, pp. 259-264.
- An Act to amend the Criminal Code, Statutes of Canada 1969-70, c. 39, adding s. 267A, s. 267B and s. 267C to the Criminal Code (now s. 318, s. 319 and s. 320 of the Criminal Code, Revised Statutes of Canada 1985, c. C-46). The legislation originally protected members of an "identifiable group" distinguished by "colour, race, religion or ethnic origin". The definition of "identifiable group" has been expanded over the years, and now protects groups distinguished by "colour, race, religion, national or ethnic origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or mental or physical disability".
External links
- Obituary in Toronto Globe and Mail