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Bill 83, Day of Remembrance and Action on Islamophobia Act, 2019

Berns-McGown, Rima

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Bill proclaims January 29 in each year as a Day of Remembrance and Action on

Islamophobia.

Bill 83 2019

Act to proclaim a Day of Remembrance and Action on Islamophobia

Preamble

January 29, 2017, a shooter walked into the Islamic Cultural Centre of Quebec

City shortly after the conclusion of evening prayers at about 8 p.m. and

murdered six worshippers and injured 19 others.

Ibrahima

Barry, Mamadou Tanou Barry, Khaled Belkacemi, Aboubaker Thabti, Abdelkrim

Hassane and Azzedine Soufiane lost their lives that night. Muslim communities

across Canada were, and continue to be, traumatized by this act of hate.

the aftermath of the shooting, the Prime Minister of Canada condemned the act

as terrorism and stated in the House of Commons that the six victims were

“gunned down by ignorance and hatred, fuelled by Islamophobia and racism”. The

leader of the Federal Opposition and the Premier of Quebec also condemned the

shooter’s actions as

an act of terror. The Commissioner of the Royal Canadian

Mounted Police called the shooter a criminal extremist and warned that

“caustic” political debate can have deadly consequences.

The

Ontario Human Rights Commission states the following with respect to

Islamophobia: “Islamophobia can be described as stereotypes, bias or acts of

hostility towards individual Muslims or followers of Islam in general. In

addition to individual acts of intolerance and racial profiling, Islamophobia

leads to viewing Muslims as a greater security threat on an institutional,

systemic and societal level”.

the aftermath of the Quebec attack, the Ontario Human Rights Commission called

on “governments and communities, and each one of us, to ask again, what we can

do, what we must do, to eliminate Islamophobia”.

The

cities of Toronto, Mississauga, Brampton, Markham and Hamilton have all

designated January 29 as a Day of Remembrance and Action on Islamophobia. Many

municipalities across Canada commemorate the events of January 29 with their

Muslim community partners.

Therefore,

Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of

the Province of Ontario, enacts as follows:

Day

of Remembrance and Action on Islamophobia

January

29 in each year is proclaimed as a Day of Remembrance and Action on

Islamophobia.

Commencement

This Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.

Short

title

The

short title of this Act is the Day of Remembrance and

Action on Islamophobia Act, 2019 .

Date Bill stage Event Outcome Committee

April 4, 2019

Second Reading

Ordered referred to Standing Committee

Standing Committee on Social Policy

April 4, 2019

Second Reading

Vote

Carried

April 4, 2019

Second Reading

Debated

March 19, 2019

First Reading

Vote

Carried

Debates and Progress

First Reading

March 19, 2019

Committee

Second Reading

April 4, 2019

Ms. Rima Berns-McGown, Mr. Kaleed Rasheed, Ms. Andrea Horwath, Mr. Lorne Coe, Mr. Faisal Hassan, Mme Nathalie Des Rosiers, Mr. Stephen Lecce, Ms. Laura Mae Lindo, Mr. Vijay Thanigasalam, Ms. Teresa J. Armstrong,

April 4, 2019

Declared carried. Referred to the Standing Committee on Social Policy.

Committee

Standing Commitee on Social Policy

Third Reading

Royal Assent

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