Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez Breaks Silence, Condemns ‘Disgusting’ Tweets

Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez Breaks Silence, Condemns ‘Disgusting’ Tweets
Minister of Canadian Heritage Pablo Rodriguez rises during question period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on June 16, 2022. Justin Tang/The Canadian Press
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OTTAWA—Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez broke his silence on Wednesday over his department’s funding of an agency whose senior consultant posted a series of tweets about “Jewish white supremacists,” more than a week after the government cut off the money.

“Racism in any form has no place in Canada. I condemn the disgusting antisemitic comments made by Laith Marouf,” Rodriguez said in a written statement to The Canadian Press.