Canada must be the most sanctimonious, PC place on the planet
by Dr Campbell Campbell-Jack, TCW:
Last Wednesday Liberal MP Iqra Khalid introduced controversial Motion 103 in the Canadian Parliament. This is a motion to ‘condemn Islamophobia and all forms of systemic racism and religious discrimination.’ While Khalid’s motion claims in a vague and general way to be equally worried about virulent anti-Semitism or persecution of Christians, it specifically mentions only Islamophobia by name.
Conservative MP David Anderson countered by introducing a motion mirroring Khalid’s motion but omitting specific mention of Islamophobia whilst referencing Canada’s major faiths. The Conservatives sought to have the House ‘condemn all forms of systemic racism, religious intolerance, and discrimination of Muslims, Jews, Christians, Sikhs, Hindus, and other religious communities’.
Anderson’s motion, which will be debated and voted on this week, is opposed by Justin Trudeau’s Liberal Party on the bizarre grounds that by failing to mention Islamophobia specifically it actually condones Islamophobia. Liberal Heritage Minister Melanie Joly later asked reporters ‘What are they scared of? They’re scared of denouncing Islamophobia and, by not denouncing Islamophobia, they are actually contributing to the problem’.
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