I am in awe of how clear-headed the Quebec govt. is getting to be. Will the rest of Canada follow the good example being set by Quebec?
Benjamin Shingler of CanadianPress via Yahoo
....A Muslim youth conference in Montreal, which had drawn criticism from the Parti Quebecois government, has been cancelled by the convention centre where it was supposed to be held.
The Palais des congres, the city's largest convention centre, announced Saturday it won't hold next weekend's event for security reasons. The decision was made after a "security review," the Palais des congres said in a brief statement. No specifics were offered about the finding of the review.
A spokesman for the convention centre said in an email that no one would be available for comment until Tuesday........
.......Maltais said the PQ government is against the sexism of speakers, one of which reportedly said that a woman not wearing the veil is worse than cancer......
.......This year's edition has four speakers, including Nader Abou Anas, the head of a Muslim youth association in France.
In online videos, Anas preaches the segregation of genders, warns women against wearing revealing clothing, and tells them to wear the hijab....
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