The author may be guilty of doing what she is critical of when she says, "Just last month, Statistics Canada reported that hate crimes against Muslims rose 60 per cent in 2015, alone. This is not surprising. That year encompassed Stephen Harper’s niqab and “barbaric cultural practices” initiatives. It was also the year of the failed Quebec Charter of Values that directly targeted Muslims."

The use of 60% is extraordinarily alarming. But the reality is that we have 35 million people in Canada, and the stat went from 99 to 159.