NDP Critic for Canadian Heritage Peter Julian issued the following statement:
"It has come to our attention that a consultant for a federally funded anti-racism project has a disturbing track record of spewing hate speech online against Jewish and francophone communities. This is completely unacceptable. We call on the Minister of Heritage to take drastic action and terminate his contract.
The Minister must also come clean about the vetting process in granting contracts. How did an individual who had his Twitter account suspended for hate speech end up with a government contract? The lack of due diligence is concerning, and Canadians deserve transparency and accountability.
Each one of us has a responsibility to act in the fight against antisemitism, racism and all forms of hate. Tolerating hate speech is complicity - it must stop. We have witnessed too much race-based violence in recent months against Canadian Jews, Muslims, Asians, Black and Indigenous peoples.
That is why New Democrats tabled two bills to ban symbols of hate in Canada and to hold web giants accountable for their algorithms that spread hate online. We will continue to work with communities to fight against hate and discrimination in all its forms."
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NDP Heritage Critic Peter Julian issued the following statement:
“Today’s announcement by Hockey Canada is another attempt to delay the important and urgent work to deal with the toxic culture in this organization. While a former Supreme Court Justice is a credible appointment to conduct the review into Hockey Canada, this won’t be the first time the organization undergoes this process.
NDP critic for Canadian Heritage, Peter Julian, made the following statement:
“Canadians are horrified by the incidents of sexual assault and by what they’re hearing from Hockey Canada. They are left with many questions about how this toxic culture is allowed to persist in our sports organizations and what the government is actually doing to ensure this doesn’t happen again.
Following questions from NDP MP Peter Julian today, representatives for Hockey Canada confirmed that thousands of dollars in bonuses are given to senior executives for World Championship wins