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Liberal MP Khalid won’t back down after racists crash her town hall

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Liberal MP Iqra Khalid was taunted with racist slurs during a town hall meeting in Toronto. She says she was not shocked, but felt it meant she needed to work harder on anti-racism legislation. The Hill Times photograph by Maureen McEwan

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BY SHRUTI SHEKAR

March 5, 2018

A town hall meeting centred on how to remove systemic racism in Canada was derailed by a group of people yelling racist slurs, primarily directed at the host, Liberal MP Iqra Khalid who represents Mississauga-Erin Mills, Ont. The Toronto Sun reported on Feb. 23 that one ma...

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