Canadian Heritage committee  I'll just finish this sentence.

Canadian Heritage committee  The test of democracy is not the centre of what offends those who are kind and moderate. It's the periphery that is the most offensive that test true free speech and democracy.

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you for this opportunity. I'll try to respond as well as I can. First of all, while I appreciate the fact that the resolution is trying to approach all faiths, the bottom line is that it was authored by MP Iqra Khalid under the premise of e-411. There is nothing offensive

Canadian Heritage committee  I would tell you absolutely not. Do not limit it. Every Middle Eastern regime is testament to the fact that when they limit free speech, they push them underground. They will still preach what they want and they won't have the antiseptic of sunlight. Just as I don't want my speec

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you, Madam Chair and members of the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage, for holding this important hearing and thank you for inviting me. I can't tell you enough how important this issue is to me. For those of us south of your border, America has been wrestling with ma

Public Safety committee  Thank you very much for that question. I can't tell you how important that is. I'll just tell you right off that not being up front, open, and honest with Muslims actually creates more of this—I don't even like the term but—Islamophobia. Phobia is a fear of the unknown. If you d

Public Safety committee  I can't underscore how important that is because it is suicidal for our governments in the west to say that just because they don't target an individual, the advocacy of acts of terror against Canadians or Canada is so generic that it's protected speech. That is fuel. The reason

Public Safety committee  I think, ultimately, I can understand. I am a conservative, but I also believe in the libertarian ideals of civil liberties, so contrary to the way the Islamist groups try to portray our work, we're not giving up any of our civil liberties. There certainly should be just cause if

Public Safety committee  Thank you for the question. At some point we have to realize that this whack-a-mole program we have right now, which is just to get them before they commit an act of violence, is not only failing but at some point we're not going to be able to keep up because it's increasing. Th

Public Safety committee  Thank you. Thank you, Chairman Kramp and honourable committee members. My name is Zuhdi Jasser. I am president of the American Islamic Forum for Democracy based in Phoenix. Thank you for the opportunity to lend our perspective to your committee as you consider diverse points of