A grassroots movement has been underway for years to "clean up" the radio waves around Quebec City, where shock-jocks unapologetically skewer anything that doesn't align with their populist conservative views. Many of those opinions regularly get a sympathetic ear on radio poubelle, the French term for "trash radio." Couillard (left), local Muslim leader Salah Benrekik (centre) and Quebec City Mayor Régis Labeaume (right) address reporters the day after Sunday's deadly mosque shooting. In 2015, more than 80 unions and community groups who work in the Quebec City area signed a "declaration for clean airwaves." (Tobin Grimshaw/Canadian Press)But so far the radio poubelle hosts have been unbowed by the magnitude of Sunday's attack and subsequent calls for more tolerant public debate.

Source: CBC News February 03, 2017 10:00 UTC