E-petition condemning all forms of Islamophobia attracts highest number of signatures in a year, fails to receive unanimous House consent

Liberals and NDP blame some Conservative MPs for blocking unanimous consent in the House. Conservatives declined to comment.

Liberal MP Farnk Baylis' sponsored parliamentary e-petition to end all forms of Islamophobia received the highest number of signatures of any petition, but did not win unanimous House consent. The e-petition received more than 70,000 signatures.Photograph Courtesy of Liberal MP Frank Baylis

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BY ABBAS RANA

October 12, 2016

Rookie Liberal MP Frank Baylis’s e-petition condemning all forms of Islamophobia in the country failed to receive unanimous consent in the House last week, despite having garnered the highest number of signatures of any e-petition on the parliamentary website since the e-petition system began la...

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