Waheed Khan: Québec City mosque attack anniversary a time for action against Islamophobia cdnpoli (subs)
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, left, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, and NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh.
Leaders across the political spectrum need to recognize the negative impact of hate speech and they need to make their position on it public, including with discriminatory legislation such as Quebec's Bill-21, writes Waheed Khan.
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