(Toronto Sun) Two years ago our federal parliament passed M103, a motion condemning Islamophobia. Part of the non-binding text referred to the need to reduce or eliminate “systemic racism and religious discrimination,” with a specific reference to Islamophobia.
Conservatives offered a more general alternative, one which omitted Islamophobia but mentioned the need to protect Muslims, Christians and Jews. However, the Liberal majority prevailed.
Bill 83, a private member’s bill in the Ontario Legislature, has proposed a more Islam-specific measure: to designate Jan. 29 an annual “Day of Remembrance and Action” on Islamophobia. It is now before the Legislature’s standing committee.
The UK passed non-binding legislation in 2010.
