Conservative play down appearance with right-wing German party member
MPs are playing down their photo with a member of a far-right German party that has espoused anti-immigrant rhetoric, saying they did not know about her politics when they met her during her visit to Canada this week.
“As we have stressed in response to previous incidents of this nature, it is imperative that members of Parliament do their due diligence when agreeing to formal meetings,” Nicole Amiel of the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs, said in a statement issued on Friday. Ms. Lewis, who has previously worked as a lawyer, said in a statement that she has been a staunch defender of human rights. “I am proud to have defended the rights of immigrants, including refugees from LGBTQ+ community, who faced significant persecution and have fled to Canada from all over the world,” she said.
Last March, a German court dismissed a legal challenge by the party that had paused a move by Germany’s Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution, to launch a surveillance effort of the party. After Prime Minister Justin Trudeau spoke to the European Parliament in Brussels last March, Ms. Anderson described him as a “disgrace for any democracy,” and accused him of civil-rights violations in the context of the convoy protests.
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