I work side-by-side with Muslims every day.  I live near them in my neighbourhood.  I see them at my local shops and restaurants.  I have nothing bad to say about the Muslim Canadians I have met and know.

However, I have encountered many Canadians who are intolerant of others.  People who are willing to judge in ignorance of people they have never met or bothered to get to know.  People who behave as if they can accurately describe you based simply on the colour of your skin or your place of worship.  People who are offended when they are called bigots, but clearly fit the definition quite well.

I hope that hard-working people from other countries can find a home here and build a life for themselves... and I hope they can do it without narrow-minded, ignorant people harassing them.  It's sickening and childish behaviour and it doesn't belong in this city or this country.