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[CazTGG]

Source: http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/m-103-islamophobia-motion-vote-1.4038016

The House of Commons passed M-103, a non-binding motion condemning Islamophobia and religious discrimination on Thursday.

The vote split 201 yeas and 91 nays, with all Liberal and NDP MPs who were present voting in favour. The majority of Conservative MPs voted against, with leadership candidate Michael Chong and Simcoe North MP Bruce Stanton voting in favour. Ontario Conservative MP Alex Nuttall abstained.

The vote follows months of bitter debate and a series of protests and counter-protests across the country over whether the private member's motion would limit free speech or single out Islam for special treatment in Canadian law.

It had additional symbolic significance in the emotional aftermath of the January 29th mosque shooting in Quebec City, where six Muslim men were killed.

Freeze peach me if old.

 

[Laevateinn]

You have to be a pretty terrible person to vote against a meaningless motion that says religious discrimination is bad.

 

[UristMcDwarf]

The amount of people here in Alberta that didn't understand that this WASN'T a bill but more or less a "let's all agree that islamaphobia is bad, m'kay?" is astounding.

 

[DJ_Lae]

The amount of people here in Alberta that didn't understand that this WASN'T a bill but more or less a "let's all agree that islamaphobia is bad, m'kay?" is astounding.

People here are also still wailing over the whole workers comp thing on farms, so I guess that doesn't really surprise me.

 

[CazTGG]

The amount of people here in Alberta that didn't understand that this WASN'T a bill but more or less a "let's all agree that islamaphobia is bad, m'kay?" is astounding.

It's not much of a surprise, even in the Canada PoliGAF thread there were people who towed the "but I need to criticize Moose Lambs and this will stop me from doing that!" line.

 

[Ac30]

Oh my God what's next mandatory Burqas?

Here comes Sharia!

 

[gutter_trash]

You have to be a pretty terrible person to vote against a meaningless motion that says religious discrimination is bad.

the motion should have covered all religions, not just one.

the problem with the motion is that it focuses only on one religion only.

 

[CazTGG]

the motion should have covered all religions, not just one.

the problem with the motion is that it focuses only on one religion only.

Motions covering antisemitism and other hatred/bigotry towards various religions have been put forward and passed in the past (unanimously, I might add in the case of the antisemitism motion). What exactly is the issue with tackling Islamophobia in particular?