Québec City mosque attack anniversary a time for action against Islamophobia

Canada should prepare and implement a robust strategy that includes public education and building bridges between minority groups, including Muslims and mainstream Canadians.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, left, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, and NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh. Leaders across the political spectrum need to recognize the negative impact of hate speech and they need to make their position on it public, including with discriminatory legislation such as Quebec's Bill-21, writes Waheed Khan.The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY WAHEED KHAN

January 26, 2023

Last year, Canada declared Jan. 29 the National Day of Remembrance of the Quebec City Mosque Attack and Action against Islamophobia, to remember the attack on the Islamic Cultural Centre that killed six people and injured another 19. This tragedy struck Canada in the capital...

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