OTTAWA – Liberals and New Democrats signalled their strong support Wednesday night to have the federal government seek ways to combat rising anti-Muslim sentiment in Canada. Conservative MPs, however, accused the Trudeau government of playing politics and sowing division by asking the House of Commons to vote on a parliamentary motion condemning “Islamophobia,” a term Conservative MPs argued was too vague. “It’s time we talked about these issues in much more mature terms,” David Anderson, a Conservative MP from rural Saskatchewan, told the House of Commons Wednesday night during an hour-long debate on M-103, a motion put forward by Liberal MP Iqra Khalid. Indeed, Conservatives will introduce a motion Thursday that does just that for separate consideration by the House of Commons. Khalid’s motion, in the meantime, is expected to be voted on in early April.

Source: National Post February 16, 2017 02:48 UTC