“Islamophobia at Work: Challenges and Opportunities,” published by the Canadian Labour Congress, argues that Canada’s unions and working people should view the development of Islamophobia as deeply alarming, threatening and urgently in need of a response. Canada’s unions have a responsibility to understand, confront and interrupt racism and discrimination in workplaces, organizations and communities.
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Recommendation 7: Continue to work alongside the peace movement and faith groups to demand diplomatic and peaceful resolution of international conflicts, while opposing Western military intervention against Muslim nations justified by the “global war on terror.”-
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Recommendation 14: Lobby the federal government to ensure Canada’s humanitarian commitment to refugees continues and to lead by example, by standing up to any racism and hatred directed towards Muslim newcomers and other racialized groups in Canada and internationally.-
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Recommendation 21: Implement the recommendations of the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination contained in its Concluding Observations on the Combined Twenty-First to Twenty-Third Periodic Reports of Canada.-
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Recommendation 24: Repeal and amend legislation that promotes racism and hate including Bill C-59 (the National Security Act) and Bill S-7 (the Zero Tolerance for Barbaric Cultural Practices Act).-
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Recommendation 26: Reinstate Canada’s Action Plan Against Racism (CAPAR) to comply with the requirements of the United Nations World Conference against Racism.-
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