{"id":2464,"date":"2017-01-31T20:05:07","date_gmt":"2017-02-01T01:05:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/communist-party.ca\/?p=2464"},"modified":"2017-02-03T00:43:08","modified_gmt":"2017-02-03T05:43:08","slug":"communists-demand-immediate-government-action-on-us-inspired-hate-crime-in-quebec","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communist-party.ca\/fr\/communists-demand-immediate-government-action-on-us-inspired-hate-crime-in-quebec\/","title":{"rendered":"Communists Demand Immediate Government Action on US-inspired Hate Crime in Quebec"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/communist-party.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IslamophobiaCPC.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2466 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/communist-party.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IslamophobiaCPC.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"307\" height=\"161\" srcset=\"https:\/\/communist-party.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IslamophobiaCPC.jpg 470w, https:\/\/communist-party.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IslamophobiaCPC-300x157.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 307px) 100vw, 307px\" \/><\/a>The Communist Party of Canada today condemned the deadly attack by a masked gunman with assault weapons which killed 6 people and injured 19 more, who were at prayers in the Grand Mosque in St. Foy, Quebec Sunday night.<\/p>\n<p>The Party\u2019s Executive Committee expressed deepest sympathy to the families of those killed and injured in this heinous act of hate, and expressed its determination to unite Canadians to oppose and defeat the racism, xenophobia and Islamophobia\u00a0 being whipped up in the US, Europe and Canada today.<!--more-->\u201cThis attack is undoubtedly a consequence of the racism, xenophobia and Islamophobia fomented by National Front leader Marine Le Pen who visited Quebec last year, and the new US administration and President Donald Trump, who signed the Executive Order Friday to ban immigration, block refugees, and deny entry to those holding dual citizenship, from seven Muslim majority countries.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Canadian government, while prosecuting this gunman to the fullest extent of the law, must also unequivocally condemn the US government actions which are behind the murders in St. Foy, and those political forces in Canada and abroad which are also fanning the flames of\u00a0 racism, xenophobia and Islamophobia in this country,\u201d said Communist Party leader Liz Rowley today.<\/p>\n<p>The Party\u2019s Central Executive Committee is calling on the Canadian government to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Officially protest and condemn the US government\u2019s actions, and specifically the ban on Muslim immigration and refugees<\/li>\n<li>Open Canada\u2019s borders to immigrants and refugees being refused entry to the US as a result of the ban<\/li>\n<li>Substantially increase the number of refugees and immigrants to Canada from Syria, the Middle East and North Africa, in response to the unprecedented refugee crisis created by US, Canadian and allied policies of aggression, war and \u201cregime change\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Rescind the Safe Third Country Agreement which prevents immigrants and refugees refused entry to the US, to enter Canada<\/li>\n<li>Eliminate the Designated Country of Origin list, which makes it virtually impossible for US citizens and citizens of forty other countries from claiming asylum in Canada<\/li>\n<li>Rescind the Barbaric Cultural Practices Act, motivated by Tory leadership candidate Kellie Leitch and passed by the Harper Tories\u2019 majority government in 2015<\/li>\n<li>Rescind the draconian, anti-democratic and Islamophobic security state law Bill C-51, and abolish Security Certificates<\/li>\n<li>Abolish indefinite immigration detention, and create a path to residency and citizenship for undocumented workers and their families living in Canada<\/li>\n<li>Ban racists and fascists such as Marine Le Pen, Donald Trump and others who advocate hatred based on race, religion and gender, from entering Canada<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cThe US government\u2019s path forward is a quick march to war and global catastrophe,\u201d said Rowley, adding \u201cthe Canadian government must stand up to the reign of terror unleashed by the US government, and by President Trump \u2013 the most powerful terrorist in the world today.\u00a0 Canadians are making their voices heard in demonstrations and protests from coast to coast to coast.\u00a0 PM Trudeau must take a strong stand against the virulent racism, xenophobia, Islamaphobia, and homophobia, advocated by the fascist Le Pen, by Trump and the US government, and by some political parties and political leaders here in Canada.\u00a0 The time for action is now.\u201d<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Communist Party of Canada today condemned the deadly attack by a masked gunman with assault weapons which killed 6 people and injured 19 more, who were at prayers in the Grand 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