Canada: Harper accused of racism by leading MP in his own party
Top Tory slams Islamophobia and urges voters to back rivals
A LEADING Canadian Tory urged voters on Monday not to back his party’s “racist” leader Stephen Harper in this month’s elections.
Former Newfoundland and Labrador premier Danny Williams laid into the current prime minister’s Islamophobic policies in an interview with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
Mr Harper’s government has launched a campaign against the Muslim veil and what he calls “barbaric cultural practices.”
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