Racism and Islamophobia in the News
The Ekos Poll: Are Canadians Getting More Racist?
Not only is opposition to immigration in general scaling heights not seen in twenty years but the number of Canadians saying we admit too many visible minorities has just cracked the 40-point ceiling for the first time ever.
Read more:
http://www.ipolitics.ca/2015/03/12/the-ekos-poll-are-canadians-getting-more-racist/
A detailed timeline of Stephen Harper’s weird, racially divided vision of Canada
Before Stephen Harper became an international laughingstock and trended on Twitter and BuzzFeed for telling women he knows best how they should dress, there was the divisive — and weird — campaign with racial overtones that came before it. How weird? Scroll down our 2015 timeline:
Why I intend to wear a niqab at my citizenship ceremony
My desire to live on my own terms is also why I have chosen to challenge the government’s decision to deny me citizenship unless I take off my niqab at my oath ceremony. I am not looking for Mr. Harper to approve my life choices or dress. I am certainly not looking for him to speak on my behalf and “save†me from oppression, without even ever having bothered to reach out to me and speak with me.
