Progressive Conservative Party (Canada)

Manitoba PC leadership candidate asked to apologize for sharing post stating Muslim rival must be stopped Wally Daudrich campaign shared Facebook post declaring 'we must stop Muslim Obby Khan' from winning race

January 15, 2025 Bartley Kives

(CBC) A national Muslim advocacy organization says it’s “deeply alarmed” a candidate to lead Manitoba’s Progressive Conservative Party shared a Facebook entry that declared his Muslim rival must be prevented from winning the race. The National Council of Canadian Muslims has asked […]

Outgoing Ottawa MPP apologizes for ‘inappropriate’ post blasted as Islamophobic Lisa MacLeod deletes posts about Muslim man seeking her seat in next provincial election

January 8, 2025 Arthur White-Crummey

(CBC) An outgoing Progressive Conservative MPP in Ottawa is apologizing for a social media post that criticized one of the people vying for her seat — a message Muslim groups say was Islamophobic and that the MPP herself has now acknowledged was […]

Ontario legislature keffiyeh ban loosened, but not overturned Ont speaker loosens, but won't drop, keffiyeh ban

May 6, 2024 Allison Jones and Liam Casey

(Canadian Press) The speaker of Ontario’s legislature is allowing politicians, staff and visitors to enter the building while wearing a keffiyeh, loosening what had amounted to a ban on the scarf, while maintaining a prohibition inside the legislative chamber. Sarah Jama, who […]

Ontario NDP will defy keffiyeh ban if Ford doesn’t step in: Stiles Demonstrators rallied against ban on Friday as civil liberties group called ban 'undemocratic'

April 26, 2024 Muriel Draaisma

(CBC) Ontario NDP Leader Marit Stiles has given Premier Doug Ford a deadline to step in and reverse the ban on the wearing of keffiyehs at the provincial legislature or else she says the NDP will defy the ban. In a video […]

MPP Sarah Jama asked to leave Ontario legislature for wearing keffiyeh

April 25, 2024 Phil Tsekouras

(CTV) MPP Sarah Jama was asked to leave the Legislative Assembly of Ontario by House Speaker Ted Arnott on Thursday for wearing a keffiyeh, a garment which has been banned at Queen’s Park. Jama, however, refused to leave the chamber. “Sarah Jama, […]

‘It’s discriminatory’: Individuals refused entry to Ontario legislature for wearing keffiyeh

April 23, 2024 Katherine DeClerq

(CTV) Individuals being barred from entering Ontario’s legislature while wearing a keffiyeh say the garment is part of their cultural identity — and the only ones making it political are the politicians banning it. On Monday, Kitchener resident Beisan Zubi drove to […]

Motion to allow keffiyehs in Ontario legislature fails for a second time Motion to allow keffiyehs in Ont legislature fails

April 23, 2024 Allison Jones and Liam Casey

(Canadian Press) The keffiyeh took centre stage at the Ontario legislature Tuesday as protesters unfurling the scarves were ejected from the public galleries and an independent member draped one over her shoulders in open defiance of a speaker’s ban on the attire. […]

‘It’s a new party’: How Conservatives try to rebuild trust among Muslim communities

October 4, 2023 Stephanie Taylor

(Canadian Press) When Pierre Poilievre pitches the Conservative party to Muslim Canadians, he talks about “faith, family and freedom.” For months he has been pointing out what he sees as their overlapping values during visits to mosques, at community celebrations, with businesses […]

PC candidate says controversial posts she shared ‘not consistent’ with her views Donalda Docherty shared posts about face-covering bans, COVID and climate change

March 22, 2023 Kerry Campbell

(CBC) A Progressive Conservative candidate running in the Prince Edward Island election is taking heat over some of her past posts on social media. Advocacy group BIPOC USHR (which stands for Black, Indigenous, and People of Colour United for Strength, Home, Relationship) […]

Brown, Poilievre trade shots over niqab ban as Conservative leadership race heats up Patrick Brown says his Conservative leadership opponent has supported discriminatory policies

March 14, 2022 John Paul Tasker

(CBC) Conservative leadership candidate Patrick Brown launched an attack Monday on his opponent Pierre Poilievre, accusing the Conservative MP of supporting “discriminatory policies” that target immigrants. Poilievre, the MP for the Ottawa-area riding of Carleton considered the front-runner in the race, pitched new […]

Some Tories want tougher stand on Bill 21. Will that happen during leadership race?

March 9, 2022 Stephanie Taylor

(Canadian Press) Organizations representing Sikhs and Muslims in Canada say they want Conservative leadership hopefuls to take a strong stand against Quebec’s controversial secularism law. Balpreet Singh, a spokesman for the World Sikh Organization of Canada, said when he met with Erin […]

Ontario New Democrats hope government will support anti-Islamophobia bill

February 23, 2022 Holly McKenzie-Sutter

(Canadian Press) An opposition bill aimed at fighting Islamophobia and other hate crimes was tabled in Ontario’s legislature Wednesday, but it was unclear if it would receive the support of the majority Progressive Conservative government. The bill from the New Democrats, if […]

O’Toole’s campaign chair Walied Soliman wins $500K defamation award against ‘alt-right’ commentator Daniel Bordman attacked O'Toole for having Soliman on his leadership team, including in one video titled: 'Erin O'Toole's Connections to the Muslim Brotherhood'

October 23, 2021 Brian Platt

(National Post) Walied Soliman, a Muslim lawyer who chaired Erin O’Toole’s leadership campaign and the recent Conservative Party election campaign, has won a $500,000 defamation award against a self-styled “news commentator” who used YouTube and other internet platforms to accuse Soliman of […]

Alberta premier denies supporting niqab ban despite past public statements Kenney instituted niqab ban during citizenship ceremonies in 2011

June 15, 2021 Michelle Bellefontaine

(CBC) Alberta Premier Jason Kenney is denying he supported a ban on niqabs even though he issued a directive in 2011 banning women from wearing them during citizenship ceremonies when he was the federal minister of citizenship and immigration. Kenney made the remarks during a […]

People’s Alliance drops candidate for making Islamophobic comments online Memramcook-Tantramar's Heather Collins will no longer be running for the People's Alliance

September 9, 2020 Elizabeth Fraser

(CBC) People’s Alliance Leader Kris Austin has dropped one of the party’s election candidates because she complained online about the number of Muslims immigrating to this country. As of Wednesday, Memramcook-Tantramar’s Heather Collins is no longer a candidate for the party — […]

‘Foolish’: Muslim convention criticised for hosting anti-Palestinian politician Attendees criticise decision to host Ontario Premier Doug Ford whose political party has been accused of Islamophobia

December 23, 2019 Umar A. Farooq

(Middle East Eye) Billed as one of the biggest Muslim events in North America, the Reviving the Islamic Spirit (RIS) conference has attracted some high-profile names in recent years, including Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as well as Pakistan’s Imran Khan. So […]

Muslim group calls on Conservative candidate to step down over social media posts

August 4, 2019 Kerri Breen

(Global News) The National Council of Canadian Muslims is calling on a Toronto-area Conservative candidate to step aside following reports about her past social media posts. Nadia Hasan, acting executive director of the council, said Saturday that Ghada Melek’s alleged comments on […]