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Canadian Heritage committee  I would say that there is an enormous amount that the Government of Canada already does, through its various departments, to promote multicultural relations and anti-racism education. It's not that, without this motion, nothing is being done. A lot is being done. We have the enti

September 27th, 2017Committee meeting

Father Raymond de Souza

Canadian Heritage committee  It's not that there is nothing that could be done, but what this motion points towards could be a chill around discussing difficult questions regarding Islam, and those need to take place. They take place within the Muslim community in Canada—you are going to hear from witnesses,

September 27th, 2017Committee meeting

Father Raymond de Souza

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you. First of all, even if English is your mother tongue, this motion is both inelegant and confusing. It's just a problem with the motion. I would challenge the definition because it begins with “racism”. Islam is not a race; it's a religion. You have to treat it as a rel

September 27th, 2017Committee meeting

Father Raymond de Souza

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you, Mr. Sweet. Anti-Semitism is a very interesting term, because anti-Semitism is not the same as anti-Judaism. The Semitic races, strictly speaking, include both Jews and Arabs, and Muslims and Jews, but it is true that over quite a long time, the term has acquired a con

September 27th, 2017Committee meeting

Father Raymond de Souza

Canadian Heritage committee  Secular fundamentalism—and it's not my term; it's been used by others—says there's an approach to the public square that says anything that's tainted, to use that view, by religious belief should be driven out. Instead of a robust public square where religious freedoms are exerci

September 27th, 2017Committee meeting

Father Raymond de Souza

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you for your kind words of welcome. I'm also new to this environment. I would say, first of all, separate the two. Racism and anti-religious discrimination are not the same thing. There are people of minority racial groups who belong to majority religious groups, and vice

September 27th, 2017Committee meeting

Father Raymond de Souza

Canadian Heritage committee  Oh, sorry. I'll stop there. Oh, the whole thing is seven minutes.

September 27th, 2017Committee meeting

Father Raymond de Souza

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you, Madam Chairman. Thank you for the invitation to address this committee regarding motion number M-103. There are several issues addressed by the motion, and the language is, at least to my ear, sufficiently bureaucratic to make it difficult to understand what exactly i

September 27th, 2017Committee meeting

Father Raymond de Souza