Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois, 27, a rookie member of the National Assembly for the Montreal riding of Gouin wants to change politics and he's turning the province's political landscape on its head.
Don't be fooled, writes Queen's University sociologist Cynthia Levine-Rasky. Extremists deploy the “freedom of speech” argument as a trick to recruit people and galvanize a mainstream audience.
The inclusion of the phrase Islamophobia in a hotly debated motion passed by the House of Commons last year was meant as an example of forms of racism, Iqra Khalid said.
A survey suggests Canadians have a generally positive impression of Muslims but that view doesn't apply to some of the religion's leadership and beliefs.
It's been several painful months since the Quebec City mosque attack, but an Eid-al-Adha party hosted by Imam Guillet fostered hope for peace based on understanding among all communities.