Goldie Ghamari, who represents the Ottawa-area riding of Carleton, recently took a virtual meeting with Tommy Robinson, the former leader of the far-right English Defence League
Ontario Premier Doug Ford is flanked by MPPs Michael Parsa, left, and Goldie Ghamari, as he announces a scholarship fund to honour the victims of the Iran plane crash, during a news conference in Toronto, on Jan. 16, 2020.Ontario Premier Doug Ford has kicked a backbencher out of the Progressive Conservative caucus after what he calls repeated and serious lapses in judgment.
After Ghamari posted on social media about the meeting, the National Council of Canadian Muslims called Robinson an Islamophobe and urged Ford to remove Ghamari from his caucus.
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