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FTB Weekends: Amira Elghawaby Under Fire & Calls to Rename Christophe-Colomb
Jason C. McLean and Dawn McSweeney discuss Quebec elected officials demanding Amira Elghawaby, Canada’s first special representative on combating Islamophobia, resign for comments in a […]
Ca Commence Ben Mal: François Legault, the CAQ Government, and the Resistance
The Quebec elections are over and we are about to have a new government. People fed up with Philippe Couillard and wary of the sovereigntist […]
Turning a Molehill into a Mountain: Judge Eliana Marengo and The Quebec Conseil de la Magistrature
One of the cornerstones of any liberal democracy is a judiciary that is independent, fair, and free from bias. Unfortunately, judges are human beings and […]
Benevolent Sexism and Racism Masquerading as Religious Neutrality: A Crash Course on Bill 62
Four years after the Parti Québecois’ colossal defeat over their quietly racist but aggressively secular Charter of Values, and less than a year after a […]
Quebec Just Went Full-On Ignorant, Bigoted and Needlessly Hurtful with C-62
This is not the time for nuance. This is the time to feel embarrassed as Quebecers and angry at our government for removing any illusion […]
Frivolous Symbolism: Motion 103 and the Status of Anti-Discrimination Laws in Canada
On March 23, 2017, M- 103 on “Systemic Racism and religious discrimination” passed in the House of Commons. The motion was introduced by Iqra Khalid, […]
The Allegedly New and Improved Travel Ban: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
On Monday the Orange Administration released a new Executive Order. We all knew it was coming, for no sooner had courts struck down the original […]
Two Concordia Buildings Evacuated after Bomb Threat Targeting Muslim Students
Anti-Muslim hatred and domestic right-wing terrorism has hit close to home for many Montrealers late this morning/early this afternoon. Concordia University has evacuated two buildings […]
The Conservative Party of Canada is Trying to #AllLivesMatter Islamophobia
M-103, the Private Members’ Motion introduced in the House of Commons by Iqra Khalid, Liberal MP for Mississauga—Erin Mills, to fight Islamophobia in Canada has […]