(CBC) Over the weekend, police in Quebec City opened an investigation into a possible hate crime outside a suburban mosque, the same mosque where, in 2017, a white nationalist killed six people.
The incident, which allegedly involved a man shouting racist comments and throwing a punch, received the necessary condemnation from Quebec’s premier, François Legault.
Along with the concern, there came a strenuous denial the incident was in any way linked with his government’s bill that seeks to ban religious symbols in wide sections of the public service.
Legault said there was “absolutely no connection” between the altercation and Bill 21, the so-called secularism bill. “You will always have, unfortunately, some racist people.”
