On Jan. 29, 2017, a lone gunman entered a mosque in Quebec City and opened fire on dozens of Muslim-Canadian worshipers.  By the time the shooting had ended, six had been tragically killed, and 19 more injured.  

Join us in calling on the Canadian government to designate January 29 as a National Day of Remembrance and Action on Islamophobia.

The Petition

One may think of this campaign as a petition, articulated as follows:

WHEREAS, 6 Muslim-Canadians were killed, and 19 wounded in the tragic Quebec City Mosque Massacre of January 29, 2017;

WHEREAS, the shooter in the attack pled guilty and admitted to having been influenced by far-right, white nationalist, and anti-Muslim influences;

WHEREAS, Canada’s Parliament voted in March, 2017 to condemn all forms of religious discrimination, including Islamophobia;

WHEREAS, Parliament’s Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage recommended that January 29^th be designated as a “National Day of Remembrance and Action on Islamophobia and other forms of religious discrimination”;

THEREFORE, we, citizens and residents of Canada, call on the government of Canada to designate January 29^th as a National Day of Remembrance and Action on Islamophobia and other forms of religious discrimination