Canadian Heritage committee  From the health industry perspective, I would say that I have personally seen and experienced discrimination and racial profiling. During the training and everything, I've been called a terrorist and I've been called...so yes. I know that there are so many medical graduates who

Canadian Heritage committee  Yes.

Canadian Heritage committee  There are roughly 2,000 people, and that includes Muslim students from different parts of the world. Recently, with the influx of Syrian refugees and the families, another 200 or so have been added.

Canadian Heritage committee  That was the perception, and I think it was to some extent correct, but that has changed. Many new Syrian refugees are still struggling—once their first year is over, all the grants and everything dry up, so they are struggling. They are probably not educated as much as the other

Canadian Heritage committee  —carpenters, and they are opening their shops. There are some barbershops. People are realizing that these people who came have established themselves in a short time.

Canadian Heritage committee  It is going to be a problem, definitely. I'm telling you about the Newfoundland experience. I think this is a positive experience, generally. Over the last few decades, we have taken steps to gain the trust of RCMP, the RNC, the clergy, and the political leaders. We now feel just

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you, Madam Chair. I greet you with this Islamic greeting: [Witness speaks in Arabic]. May peace, mercy, and the blessings of God be upon you all. My name is Mansoor Pirzada. I'm a dermatologist by profession, currently practising in St. John's. I'm the president of MANAL,