The motion was proposed by Iqra Khalid, a first-time MP representing a Mississauga, Ont. riding. In addition to the resolution condemning Islamophobia, it asks the House of Commons Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage to study the issue of “eliminating systemic racism and religious discrimination including Islamophobia;” and calls on the federal government collect data on hate crimes for further study.

“Our country is very diverse,” Khalid said after the vote. “I think that we need to continue to build those bridges amongst Canadians, and this is just one way that we can do this, by really understanding the issue and really listening to what Canadians have to say. I’m really looking forward to the track that the Canadian Heritage Committee takes on this.”

Meanwhile a new poll released Thursday suggests that if the vote on M-103 was up to most Canadians, it would fail.

OK. Here is the text.

At about 3:50 pm, Thursday afternoon, the following motion was put to the House of Commons:

That, in the opinion of the House, the government should:
(a) recognize the need to quell the increasing public climate of hate and fear;
(b) condemn Islamophobia and all forms of systemic racism and religious discrimination and take note of House of Commons’ petition e-411 and the issues raised by it; and
(c) request that the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage undertake a study on how the government could

(i) develop a whole-of-government approach to reducing or eliminating systemic racism and religious discrimination including Islamophobia, in Canada, while ensuring a community-centered focus with a holistic response through evidence-based policy-making,
(ii) collect data to contextualize hate crime reports and to conduct needs assessments for impacted communities, and that the Committee should present its findings and recommendations to the House no later than 240 calendar days from the adoption of this motion, provided that in its report, the Committee should make recommendations that the government may use to better reflect the enshrined rights and freedoms in the Constitution Acts, including the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. (Private Members’ Business M-103)

Let’s take that a bit further. Will the Canucks damn…

• The next preacher who says homosexuality is described as a sin in Romans 1?
• The next Rabbi who says transgender is against Mosaic Law?
• The next shopkeeper who refuses to keep Halal?
• The next Indian tribe who want a few eagle feathers for ritual, or to hunt deer out of season?
• The rights of the Unitarians and Episocoalians to worship their pagan Gods in English in Catholic Quebec?
• The right f the United Church to sack an athiest minister, who will ascribe to the declaration of faith of that church?

Or is this to scorn the native Canadians, French, Indian and English? I thought the Queen’s title was defender of the faith, and that meant Christianity. We should pray for the Queen: the Canadians are making her burden greater.

And if you are Canadian and your MP voted for this, you know what to do. Vote him out.