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. 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. Klein was also a proponent of bilingualism and French immersion in schools and was an advocate of the new maple leaf flag during the Great Flag Debate. Death Klein was admitted to Montreal Jewish General Hospital two weeks before his death. He died there on December 31, 2007, at the age of 97. He was survived by his two daughters. References External links Obituary in Toronto Globe and Mail 1910 births 2007 deaths Anglophone Quebec people Jewish Canadian politicians Lawyers from Montreal Liberal Party of Canada MPs Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Quebec Politicians from Montreal Université de Montréal alumni