Canadian Heritage committee  Honourable members of Parliament, thank you for having me here today. I'm here on behalf of the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms. It's a registered charity, non-partisan and non-religious, and it receives no government funding. It's dedicated to upholding the charter

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you. Interestingly, when the widespread use of female genital mutilation by Iraqi Kurds was reported, some members of influential Islamic and Arabic organizations in the diaspora scandalized the findings. They accused Wadi of trying to insult Islam and spread anti-Islamic

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you.

Canadian Heritage committee  Racism is something you can't legislate against, per se, because it begins in the mind. It exists in the mind. In a multicultural society, where you have a lot of different people, a lot of different religions, and a lot of different perspectives, everybody thinks they are right

Canadian Heritage committee  Uphold the rights of the citizens. What is in the best interests of this country is more freedom, not more laws.

Canadian Heritage committee  My understanding is that witnesses last week presented in front of the committee about state-funded initiatives to promote multiculturalism in the Jewish and Islamic faith and in the Christian faith. So the government is abundantly making efforts to ensure that people respect eac

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you, sir. It is no more possible to legislate against hate than it is to legislate for love. Nobody can compel another person to love. Nobody can compel another person not to hate. It's not the role of government. The role of government is to uphold constitutional freedoms

Canadian Heritage committee  I am not sure exactly how long I have.

Canadian Heritage committee  I'll do my best.

Canadian Heritage committee  Do I still have a minute?

Canadian Heritage committee  That's wonderful. I'll say this. There's a difference between trash and hate. I could say that the testimony of the witness from CSIS was trash, and that would basically say it was garbage, I disagreed with all of it, and there was nothing of value in it. That's what he's saying

Canadian Heritage committee  Oh.... The answer is in my paper, sir.

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you.

Justice committee  Thank you very much, sir.

Justice committee  Thank you very much. Honourable members, thank you very much for the invite to appear here today. I'm with the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms. We're a not-for-profit, non-political, non-religious organization. We're dedicated to the protection of the fundamental fr