Ottawa announces dates for national summits on Islamophobia, antisemitism MPs unanimously backed call for summit on Islamophobia following London, Ont., attack

July 9, 2021   

(CBC) The federal government has announced that two emergency national summits — one on antisemitism and one on Islamophobia — will take place on July 21 and July 22, respectively.

Minister of Diversity, Inclusion and Youth Bardish Chagger made the announcement in a media statement on Friday.

“We must actively listen to the voices of communities directly affected by racism,” Chagger said in the statement.

MPs voted unanimously in favour of a motion calling for a national summit on Islamophobia in June, following the attack in London, Ont., that killed four members of a Muslim family as they were out for an evening walk.

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