Reflections on anti-Muslim rhetoric from Tory MPs welcome in wake of London attack, but proof will be on campaign trail, say observers

Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole, when asked whether his party owes an apology to the Muslim community for past policies—after two members of his caucus expressed regret over 2015 campaign tactics—says ‘all parties need to do better.’
Conservative MP Michelle Rempel Garner, pictured at left, appeared to be the first within her party to publicly say her party’s proposed niqab ban amid the 2015 election campaign trail was ‘wrong.’ The policy’s spokesperson was then-minister of state for multiculturalism Tim Uppal, who has since said it ‘alienated Muslim Canadians.’ It comes as caucus colleagues Marilyn Gladu and Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole reflected on the London, Ont., attack this month.
The attempts by some politicians to publicly account for past positions in the wake of the deadly attack on a Muslim family shows “progress” and “self-growth,” but the proof will be in the post-parliamentary pudding for Canadians to evaluate how actions line up...

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