Conservative politicians are demanding answers as to why she introduced Palestinian Greek Orthodox Archbishop Atallah Hanna, who is a supporter and apologist for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, at an event in Mississauga over the weekend.
“A week after the gassing of Syrian children, Liberal MP Iqra Khalid brought greetings to one of Assad’s worst apologists on behalf of Justin Trudeau. Canada needs an answer why this happened,” Conservative Senator Linda Frum posted to social media, leading a charge that was later echoed by MPs in Question Period.
Khalid’s response? “Like any MP, I engage with a diverse array of individuals, stakeholders and groups in my community – many of them I don’t agree with,” she posted online, adding “I’m proud that our government has forcefully condemned the Assad regime and I too condemn in the strongest of terms the recent chemical attacks. I’ve worked hard on these issues in my subcommittee on international human rights.”
The blowback was heavy – with critics noting that it’s a bit much to hide behind the cloak of “diverse” stakeholders as justification for posing in smiling photos with questionable individuals.
And while Hanna is the one getting all of the attention, it was the man he and Khalid had gathered to honour who deserves a bit more coverage as well. It was at that same event that Khalid gave out an award to Amin El-Maoued, who does public relations for the group Palestine House, which lost federal funding in 2012 due to its “pattern of support for extremism,” as the federal government put it.
“I met brother Amin about three years ago,” Khalid says in a video of last weekend’s event that was removed from online but reposted by my colleague Candice Malcolm.
If she’s known him for a while, does she know about his less than flattering activities? El-Maoued appears to have played a leading role in a protest last summer that was investigated by Peel Regional police for anti-Semitic chants.
Full column: Toronto Sun
Her excuse (“engagement with a diverse array of individuals”) is pathetic, and oh so very “Liberal”. Multiculturalism is destroying this nation from the inside out. Thanks a f*ck of a lot PT (Pierre Trudeau) and now his evil spawn, JT.
Of course she’s a bonehead. We all know that. People are going to remember Justine first cabinet for a long time.
Not in my wildest dreams ever imagine the leader of any civilized country pick his cabinet by gender. I’ll bet even Kim in N Korea laughed when he seen that happen.
And yet Canada banned Ann Coulter from speaking in Canada because she was too “controversial”. It is not too hard to see where Canada is heading and will continue to head unless the people of Canada finally stand up and proclaim that there is enough of this BS going on and the Liberals need to be sahown the exit door and soon.
“El-Maoued appears to have played a leading role in a protest last summer that was investigated by Peel Regional police for anti-Semitic chants.”
Ann Coulter had dangerous thoughts on nationalism and patriotism to ones country. Justine can’t have such dangerous thoughts being made public.
Iqra
Iraq
Coincidence?
There has never ever been a more useless uninformed lieberal government then the 50/50 bunch of misfits J Turdo put into his cabinet. Not 50/50 for men and women but 50% idiots and 50% really big fcking IDIOTS.
The electors of Mississauga-Erin Mills must be so proud of their distinguished representative in our House of Commons. LOL