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Canadian Heritage committee I have a couple of recommendations. One is, I'm not speaking to the national strategy but certainly taking that information and bringing it back to policies that exist. I would flag Bill C-59, things that were not touched under Bill C-51, so using that information to inform exist
October 2nd, 2017Committee meeting
Yavar Hameed
Canadian Heritage committee One of our recommendations is that there needs to be more research done. That research can be done by the government. Civil society can be enlisted and researchers can go out to the communities. The problem in under-reporting is that people feel a certain apprehension in engaging
October 2nd, 2017Committee meeting
Yavar Hameed
Canadian Heritage committee Our position is that the fact that there is a criminal infrastructure is effective. The thrust of our position is that around those provisions, there is an adequate legislative infrastructure. We just need to understand more about where complaints are coming from and where incide
October 2nd, 2017Committee meeting
Yavar Hameed
Canadian Heritage committee I have just a couple of comments to add to those of my colleague. I want to address how the Canadian state is blinded to the dangers of Islamophobia and what we propose to do about it. In terms of this blinding, Islamophobia not only clouds judgment, but it can also make the st
October 2nd, 2017Committee meeting
Yavar Hameed