Canada will pay up to C$750m ($598m) in compensation to thousands of aboriginals who were forcibly removed as children from their families decades ago, promising to end “a terrible legacy”. The move is the latest attempt by the Liberal government of the prime minister, Justin Trudeau, to repair ties with Canada’s often-marginalised indigenous population, which …
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Critics are decrying a “double standard” in Canadian legislation after Crown prosecutors failed to charge a man accused of a mass shooting at a Quebec City mosque with terrorism-related offences. They say that the absence of terrorism charges against Alexandre Bissonnette demonstrates that it’s time to make changes to the criminal code. “If Mohamed, a …
A Canadian Muslim group and a civil liberties association on Tuesday filed a challenge to a law in Quebec province that forbids face-covering by those who wish to access or provide public services. The law represents “blatant and unjustified violations of freedom of religion”, the National Council of Canadian Muslims (NCCM) and the Canadian Civil …
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A Canadian man went on trial for an attack on a Quebec City mosque last year, pleading not guilty to charges of shooting to death six worshippers and wounding many others. The rampage on January 29, 2017 was one of the deadliest ever against Muslims in a Western country, leaving six dead and more than …
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Two elected officials shocked at hate graffiti sprayed on a Toronto-area Muslim school wall stepped forward to help clean off the offensive remarks. Police are investigating the expletive-filled anti-Muslim graffiti was spray-painted on the brick wall at Wali ul Asr school, which has several campuses in Ontario ranging from kindergarten to Grade 12. Toronto Mayor …
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A Chinese restaurant in Canada has been fined C$10,000 (£5,700) by a human rights tribunal for making black customers pay in advance for their meals. Staff ‘motivated by a stereotype that black persons are criminal or deviant’, says judgment. Emile Wickham and three of his friends went to Hong Shing Chinese Restaurant in Toronto’s Chinatown for a birthday …
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Police say a mosque has been set on fire in Alberta, Canada, in what Muslim community representatives are calling a “brazen attack”. CCTV images supplied to Canadian media by officials at the Edson Mosque appeared to show a hooded figure walking away from the building carrying a red bag or jerry can. Three worshippers were …
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An Ontario man suffering from an incurable neurological disease has provided CTV News with audio recordings that he says are proof that hospital staff offered him medically assisted death, despite his repeated requests to live at home. Roger Foley, 42, who earlier this year launched a landmark lawsuit against a London hospital, several health agencies, …
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Two Canadian paramedics have been charged with “failing to provide the necessities of life” to a young Good Samaritan who had been shot. Hamilton, Ontario resident Yosif Al-Hasnawi was shot and killed December 2017 after he came to the aid of an older man being accosted by two men. His family alleges the paramedics accused …
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The UN Human Rights Committee has demanded that France review its law banning the burqa, claiming that it violates human rights. Christine Douglass Williams, a human rights activist and former director of the Canadian Race Relations Foundation, explained to Sputnik why such demands pose a danger. Christine Williams said in an interview with Sputnik that the UN …
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