Agreed, for the most part this is a great and tolerant country.Exactly. The number of whack-job protestors as a percentage of the total Canadian population is extremely small. When I spent some time here between
travels, long before 9-11, my Muslim friends and I would clean up lots of petty vandalism at many mosques by the same types of people. Their attitude:
"Before we built our mosques we had to help our Jewish friends clean up their synagogues from the same nonsense, and they were here before we were"
Its sad, its pathetic, but I never believe in giving the idiots a platform when the vast, vast majority of normal Canadians are easily among the most tolerant people around.
Never let the stupid few taint the sensible many.
And yes, the number of racist whack-jobs is not that high. But after Quebec city its important to state that kind of behaviour isn't acceptable.
The police are looking into the event, to see whether hate crime charges should be laid.
As they should.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/police-investigate-anti-muslim-rally-hate-crime-1.3990044