This Liberal threatened to take a stand over Gaza. Now she’s leading talks on anti-Palestinian racism [Video]

Two Liberal MPs are holding a roundtable Friday evening in Toronto about anti-Palestinian racism, to study whether this type of discrimination should be part of the federal government’s recently updated anti-racism strategy, CBC News has learned.

The move comes after one of those MPs, Scarborough Centre’s Salma Zahid, quietly threatened to quit her parliamentary committee duties three weeks ago in protest.

Sitting on a committee offers MPs the opportunity to shape legislation before it becomes law; they can also be a stepping stone for MPs to serve in higher roles, like party whip, caucus chair or even as cabinet minister.

A highly publicized resignation could have embarrassed Liberals still reeling from the Toronto-St. Paul’s byelection loss.

In a draft statement, Zahid’s office had prepared to release in July but never did — a copy of which was shared with CBC News — the Toronto-area MP criticized the government for not …