Gatineau mayor slams city councillor’s statements on Islamophobia
GATINEAU, Que. — The mayor of Gatineau, Que., says he’s requesting that a city councillor be stripped of some of her duties after she reportedly said the word “Islamophobia” doesn’t exist for her.
Maxime Pedneaud-Jobin said in a statement late yesterday that he’s distancing himself from Nathalie Lemieux and will ask city council to replace her as deputy mayor.
Lemieux reportedly told Le Droit newspaper that Islamophobia is a problem invented by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.