The Federal Minister of Immigration is faced with growing pressure to clarify, the Irish group of hip-hop Kneecap It is really forbidden to enter Canada, or if a liberal official who announced that this step was approved to make this statement in controversial post on social networks.
In a letter to the Minister of Immigration Lena Diab On Thursday, NDP MP Jenny KwanThe party’s immigration critic urged Diab to say whether the group is really prohibited after the minister and other officials have repeatedly refused to answer questions about this case for almost two weeks.
The group claims that she has not yet received any official notification about the prohibition of the offensive or denying their permits for an electronic visa.
“Canadians and visitors to Canada deserve to know that they are not subject to arbitrary and politicized weapons of state policy for political purposes,” Kwan wrote.
“We must restore integrity to the system at this time of misinformation.”
Liberal deputy Vince GasparThe parliamentary secretary in the fight against crime, announced on September 19 “on behalf of the Canadian government” that members of the group were recognized as direct for the entry on the eve of the planned concerts this month, based “on the Soviets of our officials”.
Kwan wants Diab to answer, if officials, referring to Gasparro, are in immigration, refugees and citizenship of Canada (IRCC), and if she or other IRCC officials authorized Gasparro to speak on their behalf publicly.
The letter also asked if it was not officially forbidden to enter Canada, or they are allowed to enter, and if the office of the prime minister or some other government officials or agencies were involved in the approval of the Gaspraro.
The Quvan pressed Diab on some of these questions during the question on Thursday, but Diab refused a direct answer.
“If no one allowed this, can the minister inform what official actions will be taken to solve this serious distortion of the actual representation of the authorities? Canadians deserve knowledge, ”said Kwan.
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Diab answered, having read the almost literal statement of IRCC, sent to Global News at the beginning of this week – message that developed in real time – This did not comment on the specific case of the knee.
“Persons seeking to come to Canada must comply with the requirements of the right to participate in accordance with the Law on Immigration and Protection of Refugees,” Diab said.
“Each case is evaluated individually. Entrance to Canada can be rejected for a number of reasons. Persons whose electronic travel application was rejected may re -apply, fulfilling the ETA as soon as they apply to the reasons for which it was denied. ”
Kneecap manager told Global News that the group had not heard anything from the Canadian government that the ETA members were denied Gasparro video, and since then has not received the leadership under their current status.
The representative of Kwan said that she intends to submit the question of a written document on this issue, which would require the government in writing within 45 days.
Should I ask the probe whether MP lied? ”
The Cvan letter adds pressure to the liberal government to explain why the further explanation or official notice has not been provided to the group or the public.
Deputy Conservative Leader Melissa Lanttsman told Global News in an interview On Wednesday, she would support whether Gasparro lied to “lie” in the announcement of a clear ban on entry or that he contradicted official politics.
“I suspect that at any other workplace you will receive a reprimand for it. And in this case, you will no longer be a parliamentary secretary, ”she said.
The representative of Kwan said that she would ask to explore the House of Commons in the Ethics Committee or Immigration, but she will need an acting member to support her call. PM does not have permanent membership in the Committees of the House of Representatives after the loss of the status of an official party in the last federal elections.
The representative of the Gasparro office said that he had no additional comments ”in an email on Wednesday and postponed IRCC questions after he made a similar comment last Friday.
Diab did not stop to answer questions from journalists in the knee case, heading for a meeting of the liberal meeting in Ottawa on Wednesday.
The Department of Public Security Minister Gary Anandasangari also postponed IRCC issues, and the office of the Prime Minister did not answer requests for comments.
In his video, on September 19, Gasparro called the British prosecution related to terrorism against the knee of Liam Hannaude's knee as the reason for refusing to enter Canada. The British judge threw a criminal case last Friday, but no one in the government said that if an obvious ban on entry remains in place.
The accusation, which was rejected after the British court stated that it had been posted too late, appeared after the authorities claimed that Hannaid waved the flag of the Hezbollah’s Lebanon group during the London concert last year.
Hzbollah is a terrorist organization listed both in the UK and Canada.
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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