(CBC) The mayor of Gatineau, Que., wants one of his councillors out of her post as deputy mayor after she said Islamophobia doesn’t exist and said Muslim immigrants have failed to integrate into society.
In the newspaper Le Droit, Gatineau Coun. Nathalie Lemieux said she didn’t believe Islamophobia exists and didn’t recognize the word. She said Quebecers are not as racist as some people suggest.
She was responding to comments from Quebec Premier François Legault, who said there was no need for an anti-Islamophobia day in the province, because the problem did not exist in Quebec.
Legault has since walked back his comments and said there is not an “undercurrent” of racism in the province.
