As a petition, the "I Remember January 29th" Campaign is articulated as follows:
WHEREAS, 6 Muslim-Canadians were killed, and 19 wounded in the tragic Quebec City Mosque Massacre of January 29, 2017;
WHEREAS, the shooter in the attack pled guilty and admitted to having been influenced by far-right, white nationalist, and anti-Muslim influences;
WHEREAS, Canada’s Parliament voted in March, 2017 to condemn all forms of religious discrimination, including Islamophobia;
WHEREAS, Parliament’s Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage recommended that January 29th be designated as a “National Day of Remembrance and Action on Islamophobia and other forms of religious discrimination”;
THEREFORE, we, citizens and residents of Canada, call on the government of Canada to designate January 29th as a National Day of Remembrance and Action on Islamophobia and other forms of religious discrimination
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