OTTAWA—Prime Minister Justin Trudeau issued a clarion call for Canadian politicians to combat, not court, anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim anger in the wake of the deadly terrorist attack in Christchurch, New Zealand. Trudeau was addressing the House of Commons in the wake of the deadly terrorist attack in Christchurch last week. “As politicians we stand around and offer our condolences, and we say nice things in the aftermath. We have to call out those words and call out those policies.”In issuing a call to action in the wake of the Christchurch attack, Trudeau appears to have anticipated criticism that he was politicizing the tragedy. “After tragedies like these, politicians often say that it is not a time to talk politics … I think that is a farce,” Trudeau said.

Source: thestar March 18, 2019 23:15 UTC