Conservatives say they will remove Liberal appointee Birju Dattani as head of Canadian Human Rights Commission because of anti-Israel statements
The Opposition Conservatives vowed Friday that a future Pierre Poilievre-led government would remove the man the Liberals just appointed to lead the Canadian Human Rights Commission.
“Yes, common sense Conservatives would remove Justin Trudeau’s appointee,” Lantsman told The Canadian Press. For almost a year the Conservatives have led the governing Liberals in public opinion polls.At issue are some now-deleted posts Dattani made online under the name Mujahid Dattani while he was a graduate student in London almost a decade ago.
The Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs said there is added concern because if the Liberals’ online harms bill passes, it will reinstate a controversial section of the Canadian Human Rights Act that gives the commission the power to hear complaints about hate speech. He also rejected suggestions he posted articles comparing Israel to Nazi Germany, as one 2015 article stated he did. That post has been deleted.
“To be clear, neither the minister, nor his office, were made aware of this name during the appointment process,” Aubertin wrote.Michael Levitt, president and CEO of Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center, said in a post on X that the fact such information was disclosed to officials but the appointment still went ahead was an “alarming failure” in the government’s vetting process.
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