Opinion: Nine years after mosque massacre, commemoration is not enough

On the evening of Jan. 29, 2017, my phone rang. Friends in Quebec City were calling, their voices trembling with fear. They said they could hear gunfire coming from inside the Islamic Cultural Centre. At first, it was impossible to understand. Then, in an unbearable instant, the truth became clear: six men had been shot dead while they were praying. Fathers, sons, brothers, husbands — gone in the coldest of violent hatful acts. They were Quebecers. They were killed during one of the most p