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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau suggested that some of the opposition to Islamophobia legislation was an example of sexism.
Speaking Friday to a Women in the World conference in Toronto, Trudeau took aim at the official opposition Conservatives and accused them of not recognizing gender equality.
A private member's motion was passed in March by female Member of Parliament Iqra Khalid, that identified a "public climate of hate and fear" in Canada and demanded that Islamophobia be treated as a hate crime and be subject to prosecution under the Canadian criminal code.