The Globe and Mail reports in its Thursday, March 7, edition that the Justice Department says portraying a group of people as violent on-line -- or comparing them to vermin, excrement or animals -- could trigger a probe under the Canadian Human Rights Act, according to new provisions in the on-line harms bill. The Globe's Marie Woolf writes that the bill, however, sets a "high bar" for what would count as hate speech and it would not include offensive or humiliating comments or remarks expressing dislike, disdain or political dissent, according to a background briefing by federal public servants on the bill. The government's long-awaited on-line harms bill would put back a provision in the Canadian Human Rights Act, which was taken out in 2013 by the Stephen Harper government, to make posting hate speech on-line a form of discrimination. The updated provision would empower people to file complaints to the Human Rights Commission about hateful posts, which could lead to them being taken down. The commission would decide if the complaint meets the bar for referral to the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal for a decision. The bill gives the commission the power to dismiss unfounded complaints swiftly.