Canadian Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez speaks during question period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Thursday May 19, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick Cultural Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez broke his silence on Wednesday over his department’s funding of an agency whose senior adviser posted a series of tweets about “Jewish white defenders”, more than a week after the government cut off the money . “Racism in any form has no place in Canada. I condemn Laith Marouf’s disgusting anti-Semitic comments,” Rodriguez said in a written statement to The Canadian Press. “I have zero tolerance for that.” Rodriguez also said the Community Media Advocacy Centre, where Marouf works as a consultant, should never have received “one cent of taxpayer dollars” and the Liberal government is reviewing its vetting process to ensure it doesn’t happen again. . His remarks echo those of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who on Tuesday said he was launching a full government review of CMAC funding. “It is absolutely unacceptable that federal dollars go to this organization that has demonstrated xenophobia, racism and anti-Semitism,” Trudeau said. Last week, Diversity Minister Ahmed Hussen cut $133,000 in Heritage Department funding to CMAC and suspended an anti-racism project it was overseeing following “reprehensible and vile” tweets posted by Marouf. On Monday, Liberal MP Anthony Housefather, who is Jewish, posted a tweet calling on all 338 members of Parliament to condemn anti-Semitism, after which a significant number of Liberal MPs began speaking out on the issue. Rodriguez had not commented until the statement sent Wednesday. Conservative lawmaker Melissa Lantsman, who is also Jewish, had criticized Rodriguez for not speaking out about the tweets. “The most insidious thing about it is the silence,” he said. Marouf’s Twitter account is private, but a screenshot posted online showed a series of tweets with his photo and name. One tweet said: “You know all those noisy bags of human excrement aka Jewish White Supremacists; when we liberate Palestine and they have to go back to where they came from, they will go back to their quiet dogs (sic ) Christian/Secular Masters of White Supremes.” CMAC has not responded to requests for comment. A lawyer acting for Marouf called for his client’s tweets to be quoted “verbatim” and to distinguish between Marouf’s “clear reference to ‘Jewish white defenders’” and to Jews or the Jewish people in general. Marouf harbors “no animosity toward the Jewish faith as a collective group,” lawyer Steven Ellis said in an email to The Canadian Press. “Although not the most eloquently expressed, the tweets reflect a frustration with the reality of Israeli apartheid and a Canadian government that cooperates with it,” Ellis added.

title: “Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez Breaks Silence Condemns Disgusting Tweets Canada News Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-12-03” author: “Keith Walker”

Canadian Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez speaks during question period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Thursday May 19, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick Cultural Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez broke his silence on Wednesday over his department’s funding of an agency whose senior adviser posted a series of tweets about “Jewish white defenders”, more than a week after the government cut off the money . “Racism in any form has no place in Canada. I condemn Laith Marouf’s disgusting anti-Semitic comments,” Rodriguez said in a written statement to The Canadian Press. “I have zero tolerance for that.” Rodriguez also said the Community Media Advocacy Centre, where Marouf works as a consultant, should never have received “one cent of taxpayer dollars” and the Liberal government is reviewing its vetting process to ensure it doesn’t happen again. . His remarks echo those of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who on Tuesday said he was launching a full government review of CMAC funding. “It is absolutely unacceptable that federal dollars go to this organization that has demonstrated xenophobia, racism and anti-Semitism,” Trudeau said. Last week, Diversity Minister Ahmed Hussen cut $133,000 in Heritage Department funding to CMAC and suspended an anti-racism project it was overseeing following “reprehensible and vile” tweets posted by Marouf. On Monday, Liberal MP Anthony Housefather, who is Jewish, posted a tweet calling on all 338 members of Parliament to condemn anti-Semitism, after which a significant number of Liberal MPs began speaking out on the issue. Rodriguez had not commented until the statement sent Wednesday. Conservative lawmaker Melissa Lantsman, who is also Jewish, had criticized Rodriguez for not speaking out about the tweets. “The most insidious thing about it is the silence,” he said. Marouf’s Twitter account is private, but a screenshot posted online showed a series of tweets with his photo and name. One tweet said: “You know all those noisy bags of human excrement aka Jewish White Supremacists; when we liberate Palestine and they have to go back to where they came from, they will go back to their quiet dogs (sic ) Christian/Secular Masters of White Supremes.” CMAC has not responded to requests for comment. A lawyer acting for Marouf called for his client’s tweets to be quoted “verbatim” and to distinguish between Marouf’s “clear reference to ‘Jewish white defenders’” and to Jews or the Jewish people in general. Marouf harbors “no animosity toward the Jewish faith as a collective group,” lawyer Steven Ellis said in an email to The Canadian Press. “Although not the most eloquently expressed, the tweets reflect a frustration with the reality of Israeli apartheid and a Canadian government that cooperates with it,” Ellis added.

title: “Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez Breaks Silence Condemns Disgusting Tweets Canada News Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-12-03” author: “Brittany Sinkler”

Canadian Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez speaks during question period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Thursday May 19, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick Cultural Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez broke his silence on Wednesday over his department’s funding of an agency whose senior adviser posted a series of tweets about “Jewish white defenders”, more than a week after the government cut off the money . “Racism in any form has no place in Canada. I condemn Laith Marouf’s disgusting anti-Semitic comments,” Rodriguez said in a written statement to The Canadian Press. “I have zero tolerance for that.” Rodriguez also said the Community Media Advocacy Centre, where Marouf works as a consultant, should never have received “one cent of taxpayer dollars” and the Liberal government is reviewing its vetting process to ensure it doesn’t happen again. . His remarks echo those of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who on Tuesday said he was launching a full government review of CMAC funding. “It is absolutely unacceptable that federal dollars go to this organization that has demonstrated xenophobia, racism and anti-Semitism,” Trudeau said. Last week, Diversity Minister Ahmed Hussen cut $133,000 in Heritage Department funding to CMAC and suspended an anti-racism project it was overseeing following “reprehensible and vile” tweets posted by Marouf. On Monday, Liberal MP Anthony Housefather, who is Jewish, posted a tweet calling on all 338 members of Parliament to condemn anti-Semitism, after which a significant number of Liberal MPs began speaking out on the issue. Rodriguez had not commented until the statement sent Wednesday. Conservative lawmaker Melissa Lantsman, who is also Jewish, had criticized Rodriguez for not speaking out about the tweets. “The most insidious thing about it is the silence,” he said. Marouf’s Twitter account is private, but a screenshot posted online showed a series of tweets with his photo and name. One tweet said: “You know all those noisy bags of human excrement aka Jewish White Supremacists; when we liberate Palestine and they have to go back to where they came from, they will go back to their quiet dogs (sic ) Christian/Secular Masters of White Supremes.” CMAC has not responded to requests for comment. A lawyer acting for Marouf called for his client’s tweets to be quoted “verbatim” and to distinguish between Marouf’s “clear reference to ‘Jewish white defenders’” and to Jews or the Jewish people in general. Marouf harbors “no animosity toward the Jewish faith as a collective group,” lawyer Steven Ellis said in an email to The Canadian Press. “Although not the most eloquently expressed, the tweets reflect a frustration with the reality of Israeli apartheid and a Canadian government that cooperates with it,” Ellis added.

title: “Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez Breaks Silence Condemns Disgusting Tweets Canada News Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-12-08” author: “Cindy Reyes”

Canadian Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez speaks during question period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Thursday May 19, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick Cultural Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez broke his silence on Wednesday over his department’s funding of an agency whose senior adviser posted a series of tweets about “Jewish white defenders”, more than a week after the government cut off the money . “Racism in any form has no place in Canada. I condemn Laith Marouf’s disgusting anti-Semitic comments,” Rodriguez said in a written statement to The Canadian Press. “I have zero tolerance for that.” Rodriguez also said the Community Media Advocacy Centre, where Marouf works as a consultant, should never have received “one cent of taxpayer dollars” and the Liberal government is reviewing its vetting process to ensure it doesn’t happen again. . His remarks echo those of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who on Tuesday said he was launching a full government review of CMAC funding. “It is absolutely unacceptable that federal dollars go to this organization that has demonstrated xenophobia, racism and anti-Semitism,” Trudeau said. Last week, Diversity Minister Ahmed Hussen cut $133,000 in Heritage Department funding to CMAC and suspended an anti-racism project it was overseeing following “reprehensible and vile” tweets posted by Marouf. On Monday, Liberal MP Anthony Housefather, who is Jewish, posted a tweet calling on all 338 members of Parliament to condemn anti-Semitism, after which a significant number of Liberal MPs began speaking out on the issue. Rodriguez had not commented until the statement sent Wednesday. Conservative lawmaker Melissa Lantsman, who is also Jewish, had criticized Rodriguez for not speaking out about the tweets. “The most insidious thing about it is the silence,” he said. Marouf’s Twitter account is private, but a screenshot posted online showed a series of tweets with his photo and name. One tweet said: “You know all those noisy bags of human excrement aka Jewish White Supremacists; when we liberate Palestine and they have to go back to where they came from, they will go back to their quiet dogs (sic ) Christian/Secular Masters of White Supremes.” CMAC has not responded to requests for comment. A lawyer acting for Marouf called for his client’s tweets to be quoted “verbatim” and to distinguish between Marouf’s “clear reference to ‘Jewish white defenders’” and to Jews or the Jewish people in general. Marouf harbors “no animosity toward the Jewish faith as a collective group,” lawyer Steven Ellis said in an email to The Canadian Press. “Although not the most eloquently expressed, the tweets reflect a frustration with the reality of Israeli apartheid and a Canadian government that cooperates with it,” Ellis added.