'I have to do my part': Canadians across the country walking for a cause and to heal Fakiha Baig Bilal Malik is shown in a handout photo supplied by Malik. The 36-year-old is nearing the end of a roughly 15-day, 380-kilometre "Freedom March" from Toronto to the steps of Parliament Hill in Ottawa. Image Credit: THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Bilal Malik MANDATORY CREDIT July 18, 2021 - 5:33 PM By putting one foot in front of the other, sometimes slowly and sometimes with quicker strides, Bilal Malik says he desperately hopes the government will listen to what he has to say. The 36-year-old is nearing the end of a roughly 15-day, 380-kilometre "Freedom March" from Toronto to the steps of Parliament Hill in Ottawa.