The government of Quebec demands the resignation of the new special representative of Canada in charge of the fight against Islamophobia, Amira Elghawaby, because of controversial remarks about the “anti-Muslim feeling” which would inhabit the majority of Quebecers.
The Minister responsible for Secularism, Jean-François Roberge, called for the intervention of the federal government in the event that Mr.me Elghawaby remains deaf to his call.
“On behalf of the government, I have asked him to withdraw his remarks and apologize,” he said in a written statement sent to the media on Monday morning. However, she only tried to justify her odious remarks. It does not go through. She must resign and if she does not, the government must immediately remove her. »
In an opinion letter published in 2019 in the daily ottawa citizenMme Elghawaby deplored the adoption of the Act respecting the secularism of the State by the government of François Legault.
“Unfortunately, the majority of Quebecers seem to be carried not by the rule of law, but by an anti-Muslim sentiment,” she wrote in a text co-signed with Bernie Farber.
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