Trudeau's Minister accuses Conservatives of Islamophobia
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Summary
Learn English with Honourable Minister of Employment, Employment and Social Development, Chae Singh. He speaks on the government s decision to give $100,000 to an organization linked to a terrorist group in Pakistan.
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The problem is charter rights are granted to those who call Canada home.
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What we're talking about is terrorist activities that are taking place in Pakistan.
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The responsibility of any government, their number one responsibility, is to uphold the rule of law.
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It's particularly problematic, then, that the money in this case went to where it did.
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And so here's the thing, is that to receive the Canada Jobs funding,
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organizations have to pass the Liberals' autocratic values test.
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Did this organization, in fact, pass the Liberals' test on this?
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Listen, Mr. Speaker, the member opposite should put the whistle down.
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It's disappointing, but not surprising, that the member would spread such dishonest rhetoric.
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What can we expect from the party who reads the words of an Islamophobic terrorist into committee record
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or the party that associates with Faith Goldie or Rebel Media and their hateful conspiracy theories?
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But, of course, this is the party that has shared a stage with those who have been removed from Facebook
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We will not take lessons from that party, Mr. Speaker.