The evidence is clear. Muslims are being targeted in Canada. The murders in Quebec were the tip of a broader spear sharpened by religious stereotyping and political rhetoric, designed to work off the emotions of fear and hate. Believing they now had a licence to condemn an entire religion and all who followed it, the haters happily obliged.

Those who would quibble over every word in the motion are not average Canadians. Those that claim it's an assault on our Charter freedoms are irrational and hysterical- they prove that Islamophobia exists in our society. The Parliamentary motion condemning hatred of Muslims is timely. It should pass and I believe it will.