But a Canada Day party and citizenship ceremony at a Brossard Islamic community centre on Friday faced some backlash on social media. Mendes said next year's ceremony won't be held at the Islamic centre, but denied it has anything to do with the backlash. "There was some controversy around the choice of venue because people stopped at the word mosque, and not the word cultural centre," Mendes said. She also received some criticism after inviting her constituents to the cultural centre, which includes a mosque. "It's very important to counter the negative ideas people have, that we're negative people, that we're isolated," he said.

Source: CBC News July 02, 2016 01:29 UTC