It may be true that Quebec accepts more Muslim refugees than any other province as Mr Yakabuski states.  However, the numbers with respect to Syria indicate that the tolerance of Quebeckers may be waning.  Ontario welcomed more than double Quebec's figure.

In any case, I don't think the shooting had much to do with Islamophobia, Donald Trump's ascendancy, or terrorism.  It was the cowardly act of a very disturbed young man who appears to have acted alone.

Xenophobes of all stripes channel their deranged fantasies to a target that is largely arbitrary.  I would be willing to bet that Alexandre Bissonnette was a loner who was bullied at school and had a very low sense of self-worth.

This wasn't a hate crime per se, it was the act of a madman who unreasonably targeted a minority.  In his twisted mind he likely found spurious justification in the rantings of the far right, who untruthfully paint all Muslims as terrorists.