Alberta Human Rights Commission chief speaks out against racism, intolerance

EDMONTON – The chief of the Alberta Human Rights Commission is speaking out about racism and intolerance in the province.

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Robert Philp cites incidents of racial slurs, verbal attacks against a First Nations family, anti-Sikh and Muslim posters and a burnt Koran over the past few months.

Philp says this isn’t the Alberta that he knows and is not the Alberta in which he wants to live.

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He says there is no room for hatred or intolerance in the province.

Philp calls on people to recommit to the principle that all people are equal without regard to race, religious beliefs, colour, gender, physical disability, age, place or origin or sexual orientation.

Philp is a former provincial court judge.