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Statement on the Fatal Attack on A Muslim Family in London, Ontario
We are horrified and outraged by the brutal murder of four people of a Muslim family in London, Ontario because of their religion. We condemn in the strongest term this hate motivated, heinous crime.
We express our deepest sympathy to the surviving and extended families of the victims. We stand in solidarity with them and with the Muslim community in Canada.
This is not the first time that Muslim Canadians get killed by domestic terrorists motivated by hate. Our governments, education systems and media must do more to reduce prejudice and hate against Islam and any other religion. We collectively as a society must advance the values of multiculturalism, racial harmony, equity and human rights, and make every effort possible to prevent such killings from happening again.
Hate crime has been on the rise in Canada. We call upon the federal government to act and strengthen and toughen its hate crime legislation, as communities and human rights groups have called for, and both federal and provincial and territorial governments to provide clear and adequate guidelines and training on hate crime prosecution and sentencing.
Hate crimes must stop, and perpetrators must be prosecuted and punished to the degrees they deserve.
加拿大中国专业人士协会（CPAC）关于安省伦敦市致命袭击穆斯林家庭事件的声明
【多伦多6月8日】 惊闻安省伦敦市一个穆斯林家庭在路上散步时，因其宗教信仰而遭到卡车袭击，造成四死一伤，我们对此深感震惊和愤怒。我们强烈谴责这种以仇恨为动机的令人发指的罪行。
我们向幸存者及受害者家庭表示最深切的同情，并坚定地与他们以及加拿大的整个穆斯林社区站在一起。
这次伦敦的仇杀已经不是加拿大的穆斯林人士第一次因仇恨而被境内的恐怖分子杀害了。我们的各级政府、各个教育系统和各个媒体都必须采取更多措施，来减少对伊斯兰教和任何其他宗教的偏见和仇恨。共处一社，我们全社会都必须共同推进多元文化、种族和谐、公平和人权等价值，并尽一切努力防止此类杀戮再次发生。
近两年来，仇恨罪在加拿大大有上升。我们呼吁联邦政府倾听多元社区和人权团体的呼吁，采取行动，完善和加严仇恨犯罪立法；呼吁联邦和各省区政府就仇恨犯罪的起诉和判刑提供明确、充分的指导原则和培训。
我们坚定认为，仇恨犯罪必须停止，肇事者必须受到应有的诉讼和惩罚！ |
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