An anti-racism group that works with a consultant who wrote a series of derogatory tweets could still be paid thousands of dollars to take part in proceedings held by the CRTC
An anti-racism group that works with Laith Marouf – a consultant who wrote a series of
“As an administrative tribunal, the CRTC holds public proceedings. Anybody can participate in them,” said Patricia Valladao, a spokesperson for the commission. “It would be inappropriate for the CRTC to establish lists of parties that may or may not participate in its proceedings.”will appear before the Commons heritage committee to explain how his department’s anti-racism unit granted CMAC a contract to run a project dealing with anti-racism in broadcasting.
“If CMAC has been disqualified from benefiting from government contracts, that should apply equally to the CRTC, which is charged with serious responsibilities related to the public good,” Shimon Koffler Fogel, the centre’s president, said in an e-mail. “I’ve been accused of antisemitism, I’ve been accused of being racist or xenophobic by the government of Canada,” he said.
Twitter has removed his account, saying he was in violation of its rules against hateful conduct. The tweets were first brought to the company’s attention by telecom consultant Mark Goldberg, who also tweeted about them to politicians.
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