Controversial Irish group hip-hop Kneecap According to the group manager, the group manager said on Monday 10 days after the fact that they are forbidden to enter Canada an official notification from the Canadian government about whether they are forbidden to enter Canada.
“There is no notice of nothing,” the group manager Daniel Lambert said Global News in an email, “Just Vint on social networks.”
Lambert had in mind the liberal deputy Vince GasparParliamentary secretary to combat crime, who Published a video in his social networks on September 19 Having said that the government considered the knee members there is no right to enter Canada.
“On behalf of the Canadian government, I announce that, on the advice of our officials, we considered a group knee knee cup that has no right to enter our country,” Gasparro said.
The company, which was frank in the support of the Palestinian people and the opposition of the Israeli military campaign in Gaza, was supposed to perform the next month in Toronto and Vancouver.
Gasparro said that in the video the group supported political violence and terrorism and noted that one member was faced with “accusations related to terrorism” in the United Kingdom.
On Friday, the British judge rejected the case against Liam Hannaude, also known under his stage name of Mo Chara, which means “my friend” in Irish, who was accused after waving the flag of the Hezbollah Lebanese group during the London concert last year.
Hzbollah is a terrorist organization listed both in the UK and Canada.
Gasparro refused to answer questions from reporters on Friday about whether the knee cup will be allowed to Canada now, when the British business was canceled.
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“Listen, any statement that I made, I have nothing more to add from the point of view of my video,” he said. “Any further comments that I am going to leave to the officials in immigration, and they will cope with this, respectively.”
“It is better for me to leave this for our professional public service in order to manage some kind of deployment from there, but I value questions,” Gasparro added after he was pressed.
He said that his video was made and released “based on available information.”
In a statement on Monday, the immigration, refugees and citizenship of Canada (IRCC) said that it could not comment on a specific case of NOTecap due to considerations of confidentiality and did not confirm whether the official ban on the act was introduced or remained.
Irish citizens do not require a visa to visit Canada, but Electronic resolution for a trip (ETA) is required, which is used for online and It is necessary when arriving through the air.
In the message on social networks that responds to Gasparro video, Kneecap said that its members have already been issued actual electronic travel permits.
“Each case is evaluated individually,” said the representative of IRCC. “Involving Canada can be rejected for a number of reasons, including problems related to security disabilities or international rights or international activities.”
Global news was included in the email chain between bureaucrats and representative of the Minister of Immigration Lena Diab, who has instructed the command of the department of the department to add a line to “exchange of messages about the nominal”, noting that “candidates report their visa by e -mail specified by their applications”.
The statement states that anyone who has filed for input visas “can re -apply for the ETA after they are considered by the cause (s) leading to the refusal of their application.”
The Chancellery of the Minister abandoned the comments separately from the statement of the department.
The press secretary of the Minister of Public Security Gary Anandasangari refused to comment on Monday when Global News was asked if Gasparro consulted with the Minister before his announcement.
The press secretary said that the office will “postpone IRCC” on issues regarding the case of Noteecap's.
Global News also turned to the office of the Prime Minister for comments.
The group said that the “unreasonable” accusations of Gaspraro were “completely in true and deeply malicious”, adding that not one of the group members was never convicted of crime in any country.
The group also threatened to take court claims against him.
“When we defeat you in court that we will, we will donate each center to help some of the thousands of children -amputated people in gas,” the statement said.
Gaspar on Friday said that he was not concerned about a possible trial.
“I did a lot of things in my career in the private sector. I have never been a lawsuit, ”he said. “If they want to sue me, I look forward to this.”
In her video, Gasparro accused of the “Public Support of Hezbollah”, as well as Hamas, which is also a listed terrorist organization in Canada, and that “the open approval of terrorist groups are not freedom of speech”.
Minister of Justice Sean Fraser to introduce legislation On the same day, Gasparro released his video that would make hated demonstrations of certain symbols, including the listed emblems of the terrorist group, as well as Nazi swastika – a criminal offense, punished up to two years in prison.
Kentecap accused the critics of trying to shut up a group from the Palestinian case support during the destruction of the Israeli military in Gaza. The group says that she does not support Hezbollah and Hamas and does not justify violence.
The Center for Israeli and Jewish Affairs and Jewish Bar Organization B'NAI Brith Canada, which advocated for the ban, praised the government for the announcement of Gasparro.
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