MONTREAL — A national Muslim advocacy group says Montreal is sending the wrong message by removing a welcome sign at city hall that had on it a woman wearing a hijab.
Stephen Brown, chief executive of the National Council of Canadian Muslims, says his organization was surprised and disappointed by the city's decision.
The image, in the style of a pencil sketch, shows the woman standing between two men — a younger man wearing a baseball cap and an older man with his hands crossed — with the words"Welcome to Montreal City Hall!" in French above them. Brown says the poster is representative of Montreal society, and that the city shouldn't"remove people" because of the way they look.
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