Group that calls for ‘ban on political Islam’ to rally in Halifax’s Grand Parade

June 21, 2019   

(Global News) A political group whose core policy planks feature a rejection of Canada’s multiculturalism framework, a belief that political correctness threatens Canada’s identity and culture, and whose website calls for the ban of “political-Islam” are set to host a rally in Halifax on Saturday.

The National Citizens Alliance (NCA) says they will host their rally in the Grand Parade, the same place where Haligonians have gathered in the past year to mourn seven children of Syrian refugees who died in a fatal house fire and where a vigil was held in the wake of the Christchurch mosque shootings.

The Halifax Regional Municipality has confirmed that the NCA booked the Grand Parade for their rally.

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