People’s Party of Canada (PPC) leader Maxime Bernier, along with PPC candidates and supporters, attended the party’s first national conference in Gatineau, Quebec on Sunday. A little background: the PPC was launched in September of last year after Bernier resigned from Canada’s official opposition Conservative Party. Bernier is also a former cabinet minister with the […]
Canada: City councillor apologizes, resigns after saying “it’s normal to be scared” of Muslims
Gatineau city councillor Nathalie Lemieux has issued an apology for comments she made about Muslims and quit her job as the city’s deputy mayor. Her apology for “offending or hurting anyone” didn’t stop there. She punished herself before the anti-Islamophobia brigade could attack her for offending Muslims and Islam. There has been a brouhaha in […]
Canada: Muslim accused of beating daughter who refused to wear hijab
We hear a great deal about Muslim women in the West who are supposedly harassed and discriminated against for wearing the hijab. That may happen in some cases, although such claims have often been fabricated; in any case, such loutish behavior is never justified. But who is standing for women who are harassed and discriminated […]