Watch: Charter witness shocked by mosques
MONTREAL – A woman has defended her parents’ testimony in favour of Quebec’s secularism charter, insisting Monday that her folks are not racist.
The Caron-Pineault family’s pro-charter arguments last week drew a flurry of criticism and a YouTube video featuring their appearance has gone viral.
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Genevieve Caron recalled in her testimony how she was stunned to see people on all fours on small rugs while they prayed in a Moroccan mosque.
She added how she was taken aback when asked to follow the custom of removing her shoes before entering the building.
Caron’s husband, Claude Pineault, said people wearing Muslim veils tried to pickpocket him while he was shopping for souvenirs at a market in Morocco.
He told the commission it would be unthinkable to allow people in Quebec to walk around wearing such “disguises.”
Manon Pineault said the public likely misunderstood her parents, saying the family is very open to other cultures and not racist at all.
Pineault said her parents had good intentions and thought their comments were misinterpreted.
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