Calls to combat Islamophobia prominent in record-setting June for federal advocacy

To help protect Canada’s Muslim population, the NCCM’s representatives are pushing for the Liberal government to develop a national action plan to combat Islamophobia.

Minister of Diversity and Inclusion Ahmed Hussen announced that the Liberal government has begun the hiring process for a Special Representative on Combating Islamophobia, during an advocacy day for the National Council of Canadian Muslims on June 6 in Ottawa.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY JESSE CNOCKAERT

July 25, 2022

Representatives of Canada’s Muslim population were on Parliament Hill in June calling on Ottawa to do more to combat Islamophobia during an advocacy event held on the anniversary of the fatal attack against an Ontario Muslim family. “That attack forever changed the way that Muslims view their r...

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