While carbon taxes and pipelines are predicted to top the political agenda, an ugly undercurrent threatens to drag the debate to dangerous places....
READ MOREThe Mounties’ Muslim-targeting border quiz was stupid and pointless
“Canada is a very liberal country that believes in freedom of religious practice and equality between men and women. What is your opinion on this subject? How would you feel if your boss were a woman? How do you feel about women who do not wear the Hijab, Dupatta, Chador, Niqab or Burka?” No,...
READ MOREGuess what Canada: we’re kinda racists, too
Poll shows anti-immigration and anti-elite sentiments are deeply rooted Still think there is no Islamophobia in Canada? Think again. A new poll commissioned by CROP-Radio Canada examined Canadians’ attitudes towards different minority and immigrant groups, and found that despite priding ourselves on our tolerance and openness, it does not extend equally to all groups. ...
READ MORECucks and chaos: How Trump sets conservatives at each other’s throats
The CPC risks being ripped into moderate and ‘alt-right’ camps As the leader of what we once called the Free World, now the Land of Indefinite Airport Detention, issued his executive order banning travellers, immigrants and refugees from seven predominantly Muslim countries, the rest of the globe reacted with a mixture of shock and...
READ MOREAre we becoming more Islamophobic?
Maybe ad campaigns aren’t the solution Most of Islam’s leaders present their faith as one of peace. That, unfortunately, is not how a majority of Ontarians see it these days. According to a study commissioned by the Ontario Council of Agencies Serving Immigrants (OCASI), “only a third of Ontarians have a positive impression of...
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