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Anti-Muslim Attacks: Canadian Values and Cent Rise

anti-muslim attacks: If Leitch and other copycats want to go down that road, they should be held accountable for doing so, according to CBC. Dog-whistle politics' Michael Chong, one of several contenders running against Leitch for the Conservative Party leadership, was right when he characterized his colleague's new-found obsession with Canadian values to be the worst of dog-whistle politics. Donald Trump was successful in employing this scheme for his campaign, but at real cost to his country the FBI reported a 6.7 per cent rise in hate crimes for 2015 over the year earlier, fuelled by a 67 per cent increase in anti-Muslim attacks. Kellie Leitch defends 'anti-Canadian values' survey question Leitch has been pushing for future immigrants, including those escaping despotism and war, to be screened for conformity to Canadian values. One must also be aligned with the opinions of Kellie Leitch on what it means to be a real Canadian. A screen capture of the electronic survey in which the Kellie Leitch campaign asked its controversial question. kellieworks.ca In other words, it's not enough to follow the law of the land. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.