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Canada: Conservative leader Andrew Scheer throws Tory MP out of Commons committee after confrontation with Muslim witness

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You Opposition Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer has thrown MP Michael Cooper out of the House of Commons justice committee “as punishment for Cooper’s angry confrontation with a Muslim witness in hearings dedicated to online hate.”
This story has major implications on the direction of Canada, and citizens need to wake up, as their futures are being decided by questionable types and by those intimidated by them.
“The eruption happened during Tuesday’s committee hearing, when Conservative MP Michael Cooper took issue with how witness Faisal Khan Suri, the president of the Alberta Muslim Public Affairs Council, described the online history of Alexandre Bissonnette, the man sentenced to life in prison in February for shooting six people dead in a Quebec City mosque in January, 2017.”
“Suri went on to say that people like Robert Bowers — who is alleged to have killed 11 people in a synagogue shooting in Pittsburgh in October — and Brenton Tarrant, who is accused of shooting and killing 51 people at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand in March, were similarly influenced by online hate coming from “alt-right online networks.”
“Suri told the committee that “online hate is a key factor in enforcing hate in all forms,” including Islamophobia and anti-Semitism, and that more efforts should be made to study online hate and its effects in the offline world.”
Tory Edmonton MP Michael Cooper took issue and challenged Suri:
“”Mr. Suri, I take great umbrage with your defamatory comments to try to link conservatism with violent extremist attacks. They have no foundation, they’re defamatory, and they diminish your credibility as a witness”….The Conservative MP then read into the record a passage from Tarrant’s 74-page manifesto — which has been banned in New Zealand. In the passage, Tarrant is quoted as saying the social and political values of China are close to his own and that he rejects ‘conservatism’….”I certainly wouldn’t attempt to link Bernie Sanders to the individual who shot up Republican members of Congress and nearly fatally killed congressman [Stephen] Scalise,” Cooper said. “So you should be ashamed.”
A couple of days later, CBC reported: “Scheer strips Tory MP of committee role after confrontation with Muslim witness”.  Scheer referenced Cooper’s challenge as “insensitive and unacceptable“. Cooper has since tweeted out an apology.
Now get this:  Scheer’s efforts to calm the “Islamophobia” brigade under what was clearly (and understandably) upsetting conditions for Cooper, just wasn’t enough to appease (according to the CBC) “the Muslim man who was the target of an angry confrontation by Conservative MP Michael Cooper during a committee appearance”. Faisal Khan Suri is now calling from Michael Cooper to be booted from Caucus. Suri thinks that “the punishment meted out by leader Andrew Scheer isn’t enough.” Fuming at the nostrile, Suri proclaimed:
“Such a member should never be part of caucus and should never retain his position”.
One needs to keep in mind that this session of the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights is not in isolation. It advances  along a continuum of prior events–namely the passing of “anti-Islamophobia” Motion M-103.
To briefly review M-103 and followup:
M-103 deemed Canada to be a country with a “climate of fear” toward Muslims and in need of government help for this “fear” to be “quelled.” The Liberal Trudeau government subsequently delivered a long-awaited document signed by Canada’s then Heritage Minister, Melanie Joly, who was since demoted. The full report can be read at HERE. The document entitled “Government response to the 10th report of the standing committee on Canadian Heritage Entitled: Taking Action Against Systemic Racism and Religious Discrimination Which Includes Islamophobia.” In this document, “Islamophobia” is repeatedly referred to as “racial discrimination.”
Note that the Government of Canada vowed to “take action” against those whom it deems to be exhibiting “Islamophobia”,  and allocated $23 million of taxpayer money over two years to provide the funds for the Multiculturalism Program administered by Canadian Heritage; where fighting “Islamophobia” is included as  part of the initiative. Some concerns with the followup document:
It indicates that: “action is required to counter the effects of …Islamophobia. Action will include programs and policies with a whole of government approach.” As such, funding will go to activities to “create conversations about Muslims, the impact of Islamophobia….”
As part of the “Islamophobia” initiative, Canadian citizens will be also monitored for compliance: the Public Service Commission of Canada “offers standardized assessment instruments through its Personnel Psychology Center for use by public service organizations.” These tests are developed with “diverse groups and are monitored and maintained with diversity in mind.” Two of these groups are NCCM (formerly CAIR-CAN) and IRFAN.  Iqra Khalid, who tabled M-103 held a press conference at the end of June 2018, in which she openly admitted that CAIR-CAN/NCCM and IRFAN will be receiving funds from the $23-million. She boldly stated:
We don’t need support as Canadians, we need a foundation and that is what the government is doing with this funding, with these $23 million that will go a long way toward helping organizations like The Boys and Girls Club. … NCCM that does a lot of data collecting on hate crimes and pushing that advocacy needle forward in our country or like Islamic Relief … that does not only work within Canada, across Canada but across the world in removing those stereotypes and there are so many
more ….”
As reported by Jihad Watch in June 2018:
Joly’s document recognizes hate crimes as “captured in the Criminal Code of Canada,” specifically Sections 318 and 319. Section 318: Hate Propaganda, refers specifically to advocating for genocide. Section 319: Public incitement of hatred, refers to stirring up hatred in a public place.
The “Government of Canada also recognizes that the effectiveness of these hate speech laws requires law enforcement agencies to have training, preparedness, and capacity to report and investigate hate crimes, both offline and in the cyber domain.” Therefore, “Training law enforcement to investigate online and offline hate speech” is part of its mandate.  
With the “Islamophobia” subterfuge now woven into Canada’s law, and with the government vowing “action” against those it deems to be guilty of “Islamophobia,” significant resources may well be allocated to witch-hunts by law enforcement agencies to silence free speech when it is deemed offensive to Islam.
So, here we have a overview of what has been happening in Canada. The Liberal government of Canada has been dogged in its efforts to crack down on so-called “hate”. Jihad Watch also reported on the influential players behind M-103. Now comes this latest government Parliamentary Committee on Justice and Human Rights, which targets online “hate” and aims to provide so-called “evidence” in doing so.
On May 9th, prior to being thrown out of the Justice Committee, Michael Cooper called the Justice Committee to order. Among the witnesses called to provide “evidence” were:
  • Iqra Khalid–read more about her jihadist connections HERE.
  • Bernie Farber — a social justice warrior with contempt for what who he calls Chrisitan “bible-thumping, ultra-Conservatives “. He also bullied a Toronto rabbi into revoking a signed contract to rent space at Beth Tikvah Synagogue for a Canadians for the Rule of Law Teach-In.
  • Mustafa Farooq from the infamous NCCM-CAIR.CAN. Read all about the organization’s unsavory profile HERE. And, last but not least…
  • Jasmin Zine, who made a loud and embarrassing scene at the Canadians For the Rule of Law (CFTRL) Teach-In Conference during my panel presentation, where she was rude, disruptive, screaming out of control and continued to scare people as she circled the parking lot in her vehicle afterwards. She was physically removed from discussion due to her  uncooperativeness, violation of her terms in acquiring a ticket and her general bad behavior; but she lied about the incident.  She later screamed that she was “assaulted” when no such thing happened nor were there any followup charges to corroborate her defamation and slander against Canadians for The Rule of Law. Robert Spencer wrote about Zine’s lies concerning the CFTRL discussion and her “long history of Islamophobia propagandizing HERE .
Below is part of what Zine told the Parliamentary Committee about ‘hate’ (with full reprieve) in her characteristic lies, defamation and propaganda; as she smeared the upstanding CFTRL, my own name and that of the Middle East Forum in America where she accused American donors of influencing “Islamophobia” in Canada. She also quoted the unindicted co-conspirator to Hamas, CAIR….
 “This is conceived of as an industry because there are donors who provide financing for the activities of these groups. According to a report by the Council on American-Islamic Relations and the University of California at Berkeley, in the United States a $200-million, small, tightly networked group of donors, organizations and misinformation experts circulate funding to advance certain political interests. A recent report released by CAIR in the United States, entitled “Hijacked by Hate”, expands this funding base to include philanthropic and charitable donors contributing almost $1.5 billion to 39 Islamophobia network groups.
There is no doubt that this funding is being used to support, maintain and proliferate the online reach of the network of organizations to whom this money is being filtered on such a large scale. Many of these U.S.-based groups have interests tied to Canadian counterparts. We’ve seen some evidence of Canadian organizations that promote Islamophobic agendas being funded by U.S. donors, which increases the base of their ideological support and opportunities for political mobilization. For example, the anti-Muslim think tank Middle East Forum in the United States—headed by Daniel Pipes, a key player in the Islamophobia industry—provided funding to a conference in Canada for a group called Canadians for the Rule of Law. I attended this conference with some of my students, and was physically assaulted and forcibly removed for asking Christine Douglass-Williams about the kind of Islamophobic rhetoric that had her removed from the Canadian Race Relations Foundation’s board.
Further, there are global ties and transnationally linked spheres of influence that circulate with impunity both online and within the public sphere promoting widespread hate and bigotry. A recent report by the U.K. group Faith Matters investigated Rebel Media, described as a platform for the globalization of hate that promotes white nationalism and Islamophobic fearmongering to an audience with over 1.5 million subscribers on YouTube…..
Although exhausting, Canadians need to be reading about how their taxpayer dollars are being wasted on superfluous ventures, which serve up an agenda to erode their rights and freedoms under Canada’s constitution; and its being done at the hands of a current government which has an Islamic supremacist entryist problem.
It is highly disturbing that opposition leader Andrew Scheer would humiliate and dismiss a well-meaning Member of Parliament, particularly given the strain that Canada is now under because of Islamic supremacist influences; and also given the other propagandist messages being spewed without accountability in parliament. The Liberal  witch-hunt that follows M-103, is being disguised as an effort toward human rights and justice.  Although the committee invites respectable types in its efforts to politically posture , it is inching increasingly toward a kind of Canada that will resemble Western Europe if left on its course.
If one wants to do right by the cause of human rights and justice, then let’s not forget the alarming daily reports about torturous Christian and minority persecution by Islamic supremacists, the Islamic supremacist sharia entitlements seeping into Western borders via open door immigration (affecting Muslims also), and the continued attacks against those who warn about the global jihad. Most of all, it should be recognized by all that freedom of speech is the best defender against fascist agendas.
“Scheer strips Tory MP of committee role after confrontation with Muslim witness”, by David Cochrane, CBC News, June 1, 2019:
Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer has stripped MP Michael Cooper of his spot on the House of Commons justice committee as punishment for Cooper’s angry confrontation with a Muslim witness in hearings dedicated to online hate.
Earlier this week, Cooper told Faisal Khan Suri he should be “ashamed” after he drew a link between “conservative commentators” and the online history of mosque shooter Alexandre Bissonnette.
Cooper also quoted from the manifesto of the man accused of the mass killings in Christchurch, New Zealand in an attempt to discredit Suri’s testimony.
“I have spoken with Michael Cooper about comments he made at the Justice Committee earlier this week. Having taken the time to review the incident, I have informed him that he will no longer sit on the Justice committee as a consequence,” Scheer posted on Twitter.
“Reading the name and quoting the words of the Christchurch shooter, especially when directed at a Muslim witness during a parliamentary hearing, is insensitive and unacceptable. Mr. Cooper has apologized. I accept his apology and I consider the matter closed.”
While he has been removed from the committee, Scheer’s office confirmed that Cooper will keep his role as deputy justice critic.
Cooper, who represents the riding of St. Albert-Edmonton, declined CBC’s requests for an interview. Cooper tweeted a link to the original CBC story after it was posted online. That tweet has since been deleted.
On Saturday, Cooper tweeted a statement in which he said quoting the alleged Christchurch shooter was “a mistake” caused by a misunderstanding of Suri’s comments….
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