(Global News) Canada’s first-ever special representative on combating Islamophobia, Amira Elghawaby, should be given “a chance” to do her job, Justice Minister David Lametti says.
Elghawaby apologized on Wednesday for her past remarks about Quebec, which she made in an op-ed she co-authored in 2019.
In the piece, Elghawaby criticized Quebec’s Bill 21, which bans certain public-facing employees, including teachers and police officers, from wearing religious symbols on the job.
Pointing to a poll done at the time, she suggested “the majority of Quebecers appear to be swayed not by the rule of law, but by anti-Muslim sentiment.”
Speaking to reporters on Thursday in Ottawa, Lametti said he is “not going to assess the adequacy” of Elghawaby’s apology.
