Ottawa’s new anti-Islamophobia advisor is facing backlash. Here’s what to know
arguing that “it was wrong of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to name Amira Elghawaby as Canada’s first special representative on combating Islamophobia.”“Trudeau says she’s there to fight prejudice and build bridges. She is not in a position to do that and it’s not because of haters, it’s because of what she said,” Mulcair wrote.
Bloc Quebecois Leader Yves-Francois Blanchet announced a planned meeting with Elghawaby for Feb. 1, after telling reporters her remarks were “more divisive than unifying.”When Elghawaby’s appointment was announced, Stephen Brown, the CEO of the National Council of Canadian Muslims, said he “expected some pushback.”“But the level of pushback and vitriol — It’s surprising and disappointing,” he said.
The Catholic Church had a tight grip on the province in the mid-20th century — a reality that ultimately evoked an equally strong rejection in the province of religion’s role in public life. The province embraced its own version of France’s Laïcité model, or its policy of official secularism, which is “quite different” culturally than what exists in the rest of Canada, according to one Quebec-based human rights lawyer.
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