Government & Politics

Canadian MPs attend ‘solidarity’ event with publisher of Holocaust denialism MP Salma Zahid says invitations to the reception were 'circulated widely,' and it was attended by nearly 150 people, including several MPs

(National Post) A Liberal cabinet minister, the leader of the Green Party and MPs from all other parties attended an event earlier this week that hosted the publisher of a newspaper known to publish Holocaust denialism and with a long history of […]

Demonstrations

Pro-Palestinians, pro-Israelis clash on Canada Day at kosher stores The pro-Palestinian protestors had gone to the plaza to confront the former leader of the Canadian JDL.

(Jerusalem Post) Canadian supporters of Israel and the Palestinians clashed in the Thornhill suburb of Toronto on Friday in front of a shopping plaza with mainly kosher stores. According to Melissa Lantsman, a member of Parliament representing Thornhill, pro-Palestinian protesters had gathered […]

Discrimination & “Islamophobia”

Scheer strips Tory MP of committee role after confrontation with Muslim witness Michael Cooper had quoted manifesto of accused New Zealand mosque shooter

(CBC) Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer has stripped MP Michael Cooper of his spot on the House of Commons justice committee as punishment for Cooper’s angry confrontation with a Muslim witness in hearings dedicated to online hate. Earlier this week, Cooper told Faisal […]

Discrimination & “Islamophobia”

Committee erupts after Tory MP tells Muslim witness he ‘should be ashamed’ MP Michael Cooper read quote from manifesto of accused New Zealand mosque shooter into committee record

(CBC) A parliamentary committee exploring online hate descended into chaos this week after a Conservative MP told a Muslim witness he should be “ashamed” after he drew a link between “conservative commentators” and the online history of mosque shooter Alexandre Bissonnette. The […]