It wasn’t even 25 years ago that the Liberal Party of Canada was monolithically opposed to same\u002Dsex marriage
It strikes me as pointlessly accusatory toward a population that really doesn’t deserve it. And it’s a fascinating data point in an increasingly incoherent discussion about religious freedom — freedom in general, perhaps — in this country.The necessary caveats follow. Toronto is no utopia. Islamophobia and anti-Muslim discrimination certainly exists here, along with all the other prejudices — not least at City Hall and in other municipal institutions.
More intriguing to me is some of the language that’s accompanying this particular ad campaign — especially the exhortation to respect articles of faith in addition to the people who hold them. The City of Toronto’s press release went well beyond that, even, identifying a “need for Torontonians to accept without exceptions, celebrating and respecting the faith and cultural practices of Muslims in Toronto.
Speaking with a parent in Calgary last week who was concerned about gender identity in the public-school curriculum, Trudeau “People on social media, particularly fuelled by the American right-wing, are spreading a lot of untruths about what’s actually in the provincial curriculums,” Trudeau admonishes the woman. Those beastly conservatives are trying “to drive a wedge between a government that will always stand up for all your rights,” he said, contrasting the Liberal benevolence with “the Islamophobia pushed by the previous Conservative government in a whole bunch of different ways.
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