A Conservative motion seeks to censure Hamilton Centre NDP MPP Sarah Jama until she makes a formal apology to the legislature.
Responding to a journalist’s question in Ottawa on Wednesday, president and CEO of Jewish Federations of Ottawa Andrea Freedman said that it was 'appalling' that Ontario NDP MPP Sarah Jama made a social media statement that described the situation in the Gaza Strip as 'apartheid.'Housing Minister Paul Calandra says his motion would give the Speaker permission not to recognize Jama in the house until she apologizes for remarks she recently made.
He went on to compare the swiftness of the action to a similar motion unanimously passed last year authorizing the Speaker to bar eastern Ontario independent Randy Hillier from participating in the chamber.The Progressive Conservatives keep yelling “where is Sarah Jama” at the NDP after the Premier demanded her resignation as an MPP.It called on Hillier to apologize for what Calandra called racist and discriminatory statements about federal Transport Minister Omar Alghabra.
It came days after Hamas launched a bloody and unprecedented attack against Israel from the Gaza Strip. The group, which the Canadian government has designated a terrorist organization, has controlled the territory since 2007. Ontario Liberal Leader John Fraser and Premier Doug Ford both called for Jama to be removed from caucus. Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center, a prominent Holocaust education group, made the same demand.Provincial NDP Leader Marit Styles ordered the Hamilton Centre MPP to withdraw the statement, saying it was not approved by the party and does not align with the party’s values.
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