MPs take aim at Islamophobia after six men killed at Québec City mosque, and Trump’s ‘racist’ anti-Muslim travel ban

Liberal MP Joël Lightbound, who represents the riding of Louis-Hébert, Que., which includes the mosque where the shocking shootings took place, called on his colleagues and Canadians to be more conscious of the growing fear and division that is taking place across the country and North America.

Protesters pictured Jan. 30 outside the U.S. Embassy in Ottawa to protest against U.S. President Donald Trump's temporary U.S. travel ban against majority-Muslim countries. MPs are calling on the government to 'quell the increasing public climate of hate and fear' and work to eradicate systemic racism in Canada. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

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BY ABBAS RANA, RACHEL AIELLO

February 6, 2017

PARLIAMENT HILL—While praising Canada’s dedication to diversity, MPs are calling on each other to dump the divisive rhetoric and politics of fear seen bubbling up in various spheres, after news of U.S. President Donald Trump's executive order targeting immigrants from predominately Muslim countr...

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