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GATINEAU — Premier François Legault has ruled out the idea of having a national day against Islamophobia in Quebec.

Two days after his Public Security Minister Geneviève Guilbault said the government would discuss the possibility, Legault Thursday slammed the door shut.

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“Geneviève was cautious and said we’d look at this,” Legault said at a news conference wrapping up a two-day caucus of Coalition Avenir Québec MNAs in Gatineau.

“We looked at this. There won’t be one.”

I don’t think there is Islamophobia in Quebec, so I don’t see why there would be a day devoted to Islamophobia.”

Asked why, Legault answered: “I don’t think there is Islamophobia in Quebec, so I don’t see why there would be a day devoted to Islamophobia.”

It’s the second time in two years that politicians have a look at the idea and ruled it out. The discussion both times coincided with memorials marking the 2017 shooting in a Quebec City mosque.

Arriving for the caucus earlier this week, Guilbault said she would look at the idea.

“It’s a discussion that we can have,” Guilbault said.