Use of force, religious courses and hate crimes.
Bill Kelly Show
English - June 14, 2017 15:24 - 53 minutesNews Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Hamilton Police have seen a significant decrease in use of force incidents last year compared to the previous 15. What is causing the decrease?
Guest: Lloyd Ferguson. City Councillor, Ward 12, City of Hamilton.
Students that attend an Ontario Catholic School Board will soon have the choice to opt out of any religious courses and programs. This is due to a human rights settlement. A human rights complaint was filed by a former student that resulted in changes to the exemption policy. Should we even be teaching religion in schools?
Guest: Adrienne Havercroft, occasional teacher with the HWDSB and a member of OPEN, a group attempting to challenge the legal status of separate school boards in Ontario.
Hate crimes against Muslims has jumped up 60% according to a StatsCan report that was released yesterday. The data shows that in 2015 there were 159 incidents, up from 99 the year prior. The National Council of Canadian Muslims spoke out yesterday about the report saying 2015 was a difficult year’ as attacks in France and the niqab debate fueled anti-Muslim sentiment.
Guest: Amira Elghawaby, Communications Director, National Council of Canadian Muslims.
Hamilton Police have seen a significant decrease in use of force incidents last year compared to the previous 15. What is causing the decrease?
Guest: Lloyd Ferguson. City Councillor, Ward 12, City of Hamilton.
Students that attend an Ontario Catholic School Board will soon have the choice to opt out of any religious courses and programs. This is due to a human rights settlement. A human rights complaint was filed by a former student that resulted in changes to the exemption policy. Should we even be teaching religion in schools?
Guest: Adrienne Havercroft, occasional teacher with the HWDSB and a member of OPEN, a group attempting to challenge the legal status of separate school boards in Ontario.
Hate crimes against Muslims has jumped up 60% according to a StatsCan report that was released yesterday. The data shows that in 2015 there were 159 incidents, up from 99 the year prior. The National Council of Canadian Muslims spoke out yesterday about the report saying 2015 was a difficult year’ as attacks in France and the niqab debate fueled anti-Muslim sentiment.
Guest: Amira Elghawaby, Communications Director, National Council of Canadian Muslims.