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If there’s anything I find more shameful at City Hall than the self-serving pet agendas of many councillors, it’s their habit of deliberately walking away from a controversial vote.

That’s what appears to have happened Thursday evening when the anti-Islamaphobia motion crafted by council’s newest social justice warrior, Neethan Shan, was approved by a mere 24 of 45 councillors — with a disgraceful 18 missing in action.

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The motion, which proposes declaring Jan. 29 a Day of Remembrance and Action on Islamophobia, came up for a vote at 6:37 p.m. — right after the 30-minute dinner break.

That motion very selectively commemorates the tragic shooting one year ago at the Islamic Cultural Centre in Quebec City — ignoring of course many other acts of hate that have occurred towards so many others, including the LGBTQ and Jewish communities.

In fact, according to Stats Canada, hate crimes against Muslims were way down in 2016 but there was a spike in the same crimes against the Canadian Jewish community (never let the facts get in the way of a good social agenda).