Posted on 09/05/08
An ambassador's remarks
Alan Baker, Israel's ambassador to Canada, asked if Muslim Canadians may "try to push Canadians to adopt their own values and principles." Muslim Canadians are not a monolith, they hold a variety of values and principles when it comes to Israel and the Mideast. Muslim Canadians share "Canadian values and principles" and are an integral part of the Canadian collective, just as is every other Canadian, each with his or her own religious, ethnic and national background. To suggest otherwise verges on racism and exclusion.
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