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Hatred is a threat to democracy

by KALEN-SUKRA D
Published in July 2019 - Page 27

On Sunday, March 24, 2019, Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi presented 98-year-old Second World War hero Marthe Cohn with the coveted Calgary White Hat.

As the mayor spoke about her stand against “injustice and intolerance” despite “living in dark times,” Cohn interrupted him to say that the political climate today is the same as it was in pre-war Germany when fascist forces were picking up steam.

“It’s as bad as in the early ‘30s, and I

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