Call it 'uncancel culture.' Transport Minister Omar Alghabra condemned an anti-LGBTQ video made by a close associate nearly two years ago. But now, after making an apology and taking sensitivity training, that YouTuber is working for Alghabra again.
The prime minister is seen posing with Fadi Younes in a picture posted to Twitter on Dec. 2, 2022.
Transport Minister Omar Alghabra condemned an anti-LGBTQ video made by a close associate nearly two years ago. But now, after making an apology and taking sensitivity training, that YouTuber is working for Alghabra as a special assistant in his constituency office.at an event to support the Liberal candidate in the Mississauga-Lakeshore byelection, Charles Sousa.
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