CAUGHT ON VIDEO: Mississauga politicians confront angry protesters who hijack ‘Building Bridges’ event
Mississauga-Streetsville MPP Bob Delaney and other politicians confronted a group of protesters at a “Building Bridges” event in Erin Mills on Sunday, April 9 after the group accused them of being “fools” and spreading lies.
The event at Erin Meadows Community Centre was put on by The Voice of Canadians Forum, a self proclaimed “Ontario-based community discussion forum,” and included a panel discussion entitled “Building Bridges to Strengthen All Communities.”
Politicians and faith leaders took part, including Liberal MP Iqra Khalid (Mississauga-Erin Mills) and Liberal MPPs Bob Delaney (Mississauga-Streetsville) and Nathalie Des Rosiers (Ottawa-Vanier).
Khalid was in the middle of her speech discussing the contentious Motion 103 when she was interrupted by one woman, and then several.
Khalid, who
introduced Motion 103, which seeks to combat Islamophobia in Canada, told the crowd the motion “calls upon the government to condemn all forms of systemic racism and religious discrimination including Islamophobia. And then it also … calls on the government to begin a study, to collect evidence, to understand what our race and discrimination problem is here in Canada.”
But, a woman later shouted, “Stop with all your lies here. You’ve insulted me as a Canadian, as a soldier’s daughter who fought and other soldiers at Vimy Ridge. We will not be quelled. This isn’t about racism. This isn’t about you. This is about you trying to silence Canadians and telling us what to think and what to feel.”
Delaney then confronts and attempts to interrupt the protester, arguing his grandfather fought at Vimy Ridge.
“Don’t you dare desecrate that battle with your garbage here,” he said.
The protesters continued to shout for several minutes, one holding a sign saying “Stop Motion 103: I will not be quelled,” and were then either escorted out or left on their own volition.
The motion has been criticized as an attack on freedom of expression and has garnered accusations that Canada is adopting Islamic sharia law.
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CAUGHT ON VIDEO: Mississauga politicians confront angry protesters who hijack
