Meeting between Trudeau and Muslim leaders in Quebec called off after many refuse to attend

Of note (counterproductive IMO):

A meeting between Muslim leaders in Quebec and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau planned for this afternoon north of Montreal — weeks ahead of a critical byelection in the city — was cancelled after many of those invited refused to attend, CBC News has learned.

“Many members of our community continue to feel angry and frustrated with a government that in their view simply hasn’t operated with integrity in relation to what is happening in Gaza, or in addressing the steep rise of Islamophobia in Canada,” the National Council of Canadian Muslims told CBC News in a media statement.

“While our community is not a monolith, this sentiment is widespread.”

It’s not clear how many people were invited to the event but the NCCM said “many members” who were invited, including “leaders and imams, declined to meet.”

Invitations were issued verbally by the office of Fayçal El-Khoury, the MP for Laval-les-Iles, according to two members of the Quebec Muslim community who spoke to CBC News….

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