Status of Women committee  Thank you so much, Jenna, for your question. When we speak about the impact of Islamophobia, on a daily basis you face discrimination and racism. That absolutely leads to you feeling.... First, you're afraid to walk on the street. The participants we had at the pilot reported

Canadian Heritage committee   Islamophobia, fighting racism on the ground working with community members from various communities, so I take this extremely seriously and I would encourage you to revisit my remarks on this matter on a number of occasions. I disagree with you, with respect, sir. On the issue

Canadian Heritage committee  , what are the social media screens that are put into place as part of your new revised policy, and going beyond anti-Semitism, which, as I've mentioned, is growing, and Islamophobia is growing, racism is growing? We've heard this week about a toxic incel group, a misogynistic group

Status of Women committee   is that a significant number of young people moving into my community deal with Islamophobia on the regular. It's growing and it impacts people, and what we're seeing in my riding is that as a result of failure to provide support for youth, more youth are joining gangs. There was a model by a guy

Canadian Heritage committee  . This is part of a broader trend of increased hate, anti-Semitism and Islamophobia. Certainly with the convoy occupation earlier this year we saw the most appalling symbols—Nazi symbols—flying on Parliament Hill. We saw blatant anti-Semitism. Anyone who supports the convoy—sadly, we saw some

Islamophobia  Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honour the Afzaal family: Salman, Madiha, Yumna and Talat. Their lives were taken away by a cruel act of terrorism motivated by Islamophobia. The lives of Fayez Afzaal, whose parents, sister and grandmother were killed, and the close-knit Muslim

Diversity and Inclusion  Mr. Speaker, Canada has seen an alarming increase in racism and hate crime targeting Muslim Canadians. Islamophobia in our country is a real and troubling fact. Our government has taken concrete steps to address Islamophobia. This includes marking January 29 as National Day

Islamophobia   that white supremacy kills. Islamophobia kills. We must denounce all forms of racism, Islamophobia and xenophobia, but words are not enough. All levels of government must act more quickly to eradicate Islamophobia and ensure that this never happens again.

Public Safety  Mr. Speaker, we have taken a number of important steps in collaboration and conjunction with the Muslim community in Canada, including holding the first-ever national summit on Islamophobia and dedicating January 29 as the National Day of Remembrance and Action Against

Diversity and Inclusion  Mr. Speaker, a year ago, the government held a national action summit on Islamophobia, and stakeholders provided clear recommendations. I want to thank the local and national Muslim organizations, including the Youth Coalition Combating Islamophobia from London, whose members

Islamophobia  . It was felt during the many events honouring their lives that I attended over the weekend. In the nine months after this tragedy, Yumna’s friend founded YCCI, a youth-led organization to combat Islamophobia in Canada by offering key educational material to teach us how to see the human

Diversity and Inclusion  Mr. Speaker, I thank the hon. member for his really important advocacy for this really important work. As we commemorate the one-year anniversary of the London attack and the five-year anniversary of the Quebec mosque shooting, we know that Islamophobia is a troubling and real

Public Safety  Mr. Speaker, today marks the first year anniversary of the attack in London where the Afzaal family was killed. This was an act of Islamophobia, and a year later, the Liberal government has still not really done anything to make the Muslim community in Canada safer. It has

Public Safety  Mr. Speaker, today marks the first-year anniversary of the horrific attack in London in which the Afzaal family was killed. This was clearly an act of Islamophobia, and a year later, Muslim community members are wondering what has been done to make them safer in Canada. A year

Islamophobia   this happen in Canada?” We are not immune to the hate of those who fear difference or refuse to see our common humanity. It is up to all of us to keep the promise we made a year ago: to defeat Islamophobia by building a Canada where we all belong. Today, we remember Salman, Madiha, Yumna