Maria Mourani

Maria Mourani: CTV reports that Mourani, in both interviews and a letter she co-wrote with other separatists, slammed the controversial plan as nothing less than the promotion of ethnic nationalism, according to Huffington Post. "Whether they like it or not, they are discriminating against minorities. It has never been easy to convince people from ethno-cultural groups that the independence movement is inclusive. The signal here is not very encouraging, she said and Maria Mourani, member of Parliament for the Quebec riding of Ahuntsic, has been kicked out of the Bloc Quebecois caucus after denouncing the proposed Charter of Quebec Values. Mourani and 18 others, including former Bloc MP Jean Dorion, denounced the PQ plan to ban public servants from wearing ostentatious religious symbols, including hijabs and turbans, The Globe and Mail reports. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.