Tag: Conservative Party of Canada
Scheer vows to recognize Jerusalem as capital of Israel if elected in 2019
Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer wants to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel if he gets elected as prime minister next year. Source: Scheer vows to recognize Jerusalem as capital […]
WARNING: Graphic Descriptions – The cynical roots of Rempel’s FGM crusade
Source: The cynical roots of Rempel’s female genital mutilation crusade – iPolitics
Conservative party leadership advisor helped create anti-Islam organization
Senior members of Andrew Scheer’s Leadership Team linked to anti-Muslim movements Source: Conservative party leadership advisor helped create anti-Islam organization
Andrew Scheer distances himself from Kellie Leitch’s Syrian refugee tweet
In an interview with Evan Solomon, host of CTV’s Question Period, Scheer wouldn’t say whether he spoke to Leitch directly about what she had written on the social networking site. […]
Kellie Leitch criticized over tweet attacking Syrian refugee program
Social media erupted after Ms. Leitch tweeted Sunday: “A battered wife and a bloodied hockey stick. That’s the legacy of Trudeau’s Syrian refugee program,” quoting and including a link to […]
Anti-Muslim hatred has no place in my Canada
We do a pretty good job of welcoming newcomers to this country. It’s one of our great strengths. I don’t buy the myth, beloved of some, that Canadians harbour deep […]
Video shows Kellie Leitch at ‘deeply troubling’ meeting with group that called for ban on Muslims
“It is deeply troubling to see elected officials participate in meetings where they do not challenge people advocating to deny the human rights of fellow Canadians based on irrational fear […]
M-103: Anti-Islamophobia Motion Easily Passes House Of Commons
A non-binding motion condemning Islamophobia and all forms of religious discrimination has easily passed the House of Commons.M-103, tabled by Liberal backbencher Iqra Khalid in December, passed by a vote […]
Ex-PMO spokesman admits he wrongly suggested Muslim group had terrorist ties
Former prime minister Stephen Harper’s one-time communications director admits he was inaccurate when he suggested a Canadian Muslim group had ties to a terrorist organization.Jason MacDonald makes the admission as […]
Conservatives may pay a price for M-103 hysteria
After this kind of tragedy, in normal times, you would assume Conservative MPs would be swift to vote for M-103 so they could quickly get back to complaining about the […]
Anti-Islamophobia motion puts Tories on the horns of a dilemma: Paul Wells
Most Fridays, I appear as an all-purpose pundit-for-hire on Radio-Canada’s popular noon-hour radio current-affairs show out of Montreal. Five days after the massacre at the Islamic Cultural Centre of Quebec, […]
Andrew Coyne: Hysteria from Conservatives over harmless motion on Islamophobia
Motion 103 is not a bill: it is an expression of opinion, of no legal force or effect. It does not call for any ban or restriction on speech of […]
Sshh. Don’t mention Islamophobia
Don’t feel badly if you missed this. It’s not true. It’s fake news. That’s the toxic spin some Conservative leadership candidates, commentators and pundits are putting on the motion debated […]
Conservatives wrestle over Liberal MP’s anti-Islamophobia motion
Leadership contender Michael Chong said Tuesday he will support M-103, the motion tabled by Mississauga, Ont., Liberal MP Iqra Khalid that was tabled last fall but will be debated tomorrow […]
Growing group of Tory leadership hopefuls oppose move to have House of Commons denounce Islamophobia
The opposition to the anti-Islamophobia motion is likely to play well with a Conservative base that, according to several polls, is more wary of Muslim immigrants than other groups of […]
11 Muslim Canadians On What The “Canadian Values” Debate Means To Them
Although never stated explicitly, it is Muslim Canadians who stand to be most deeply impacted by such policies, and yet their voices have been largely absent from the national discourse. […]
Conservatives, Quebecers most biased, poll finds
Muslims were subjected to the most ill-will from respondents; 28 per cent said they view the religious minority unfavourably, including almost half of respondents from Quebec (48 per cent) and […]
Canada’s Trump copycats must be held accountable, says Steven Zhou
And who will bear the brunt of this kind of populism, particularly when the campaigns are over? Certainly not the elite political class to which Kellie Leitch and her cohort […]
Maryam Monsef’s Bill To Roll Back Tory Changes To Voting Process
Maryam Monsef, the minister for democratic institutions, has introduced legislation that will roll back a number of controversial changes to Canada’s voting process. Source: Maryam Monsef’s Bill To Roll Back […]
Kellie Leitch dodges question about rejecting racist supporters
Conservative leadership candidate Kellie Leitch refused to answer a direct question about whether she’s worried racists will support her leadership bid. Source: Kellie Leitch dodges question about rejecting racist supporters
Broadbent Institute: US commentator says Harper ran ‘disgracefully xenophobic’ campaign – iPolitics
Former prime minister Stephen Harper and his right hand man Jason Kenney made a sharp turn when they decided to run a “disgracefully xenophobic” election campaign which targeted Muslims, American […]
Rona Ambrose, Canadian Muslims Condemn Lahore Terrorist Attack On Sunday, Foreign Affairs Minister Dion Reacts
The Pakistani Canadian Cultural Association of BC (PCCA-BC) said in a statement: “We have received with great shock the terrible news of the terrorist attack in Lahore on the Easter […]
MPs vote to approve Liberal mission against ISIS
The House of Commons has voted to approve the Liberal government’s retooled mission against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.Thanks to the Liberal majority in the House, a […]
Conservative leader Rona Ambrose’s Twitter Q&A was a train wreck
Interim Conservative leader Rona Ambrose hosted a question and answer session at Twitter headquarters Tuesday afternoon. How did that go? Well, you can’t say there wasn’t a reaction. Unfortunately for […]
Muslim MPs stayed on the sidelines as Parliament condemned boycotts of Israel
Of the 10 Muslim Liberal MPs, 8 did not vote. Ali Ehsassi and Maryam Monsef voted for the motion, though Monsef had no choice. As a cabinet minister she was […]