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Alberta Human Rights Commission chair gets the boot

Collin May, who said Islam is "not a peaceful religion" in a 2009 book review, has refused to meet with Muslim community leaders and threatened to sue critics

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Jeremy Appel
Sep 13, 2022
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Collin May was asked to step down as chair of the Alberta Human Rights Commission for refusing to engage with the Muslim community. (Screenshot)

Alberta Justice Minister Tyler Shandro has asked Collin May, the chair of the Alberta Human Rights Commission who wrote an Islamophobic book review in 2009, to resign after a coalition of more than two dozen Mus…

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