Systemic Racism and Religious Discrimination   at ways of reducing or eliminating systemic racism and religious discrimination, including Islamophobia. The key points of the motion are to tackle systemic racism and religious discrimination. Let us start with systemic racism. Systemic racism exists whenever the system itself

Business of Supply   to avoid the word “Islamophobia”. I know the hon. member condemned the mosque attack, but has he had some time to reflect? He is a prolific guest on radio talk shows in Quebec. Has he reflected on the words that he has been using over the last few years? Has he accepted some

Business of Supply   until 1951. Even today, indigenous communities across the country are still experiencing problems in some areas, such as in schools and even in certain communities. I believe Islamophobia is a bigger problem than we realize. As a result, I would like to know two things. First, why

Business of Supply   to counter all forms of systemic racism and religious discrimination, including Islamophobia. Today, it is my turn to stand in the House of Commons to echo this same message and denounce loud and clear the unfortunate tide of hate and fear. Our government stands united in support

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I think that my colleague is not talking about the real debate. The real debate is about the fact that, as the House, we need to stand united in condemning Islamophobia. I do not understand the fear that my colleague, and colleagues, are expressing against

Business of Supply   Trump is perhaps one of the biggest promoters of Islamophobia right now, with the immigration ban that he tried to bring forward. The member said that we have an obligation to denounce hate and discrimination. Does she agree that the Prime Minister also needs to stand up and denounce

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, we are talking about a debate happening in the House of Commons of Canada. We denounce any form of systemic racism and also Islamophobia in Canada. As the Prime Minister has said, he is not there to lecture other countries. I am proud to see that my colleague

Business of Supply  —Erin Mills decided to put forward this initiative, and I am very glad they did. As a government, we recognize that Islamophobia is a problem. We are not afraid to recognize it or to say so, because we know that we need to come up with solutions to address this phenomenon. What we

Business of Supply   of addressing Islamophobia and specifically of calling it out by that very name?

Business of Supply   be supporting Motion No. 103, my entire team in charge of social media has been dealing with online abuse against me because of the very issue of Islamophobia. We know this is happening and we know we cannot tolerate it, so let us act on it. Let us ensure we denounce it and really work

Business of Supply   No. 103 specifically highlights Islamophobia. Why? I believe it is the rise in hate towards the Muslim community. This is why racism is used as a specific example. However, the opposition motion does not exclude discrimination of all forms for all people. Let us not get divided

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, as I understand it, the Conservative motion today is really a reaction to Motion No. 103. The main distinguishing feature is that the party opposite, the official opposition, does not want to mention Islamophobia specifically in a House of Commons motion. I fail

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, in fact, I have that motion which was passed unanimously in this House. The motion states: That the House join the 69,742 Canadian supporters of House of Commons e-petition (e-411) in condemning all forms of Islamophobia. Motion No. 103 references petition e-411

Business of Supply   collective responsibilities as Quebeckers and Canadians. There is a need to state the obvious: Canada is seeing a trend toward the stigmatization of Quebeckers and Canadians of the Muslim faith. Obviously, we can no longer deny this reality. Islamophobia is indeed present in our society

Business of Supply   toward all political agendas of any religion whatsoever. All the same, I would like to ask him a question. For him, what exactly is Islamophobia? Does he not think that in the Liberal motion it would have been appropriate to clearly define what Islamophobia is, as such?