Montreal-area candidate steps down after anti-Islam Facebook post
BY THE CANADIAN PRESS ST-NICOLAS, Que. – A Parti Quebecois candidate pulled out of the provincial election campaign Thursday after posting a graphically worded anti-Islamic message on his Facebook page. Jean Carriere stepped aside after the photo started to make the rounds on social media Wednesday. The photo was of a half-naked white woman holding […]
NCCM welcomes PQ candidate’s resignation; calls for party to condemn Islamophobia
-For Immediate Release- (Ottawa, Canada – March 13, 2014) The National Council of Canadian Muslims (NCCM), a prominent civil liberties & advocacy organization, welcomes the resignation of Parti Québécois (PQ) candidate Jean Carrière following news that he posted an anti-Muslim photo on social media. The image, posted on Facebook, featured a topless model extending a middle finger, with […]