MPs Question Month-Long Delay in Ending CMAC Funding After ‘Vile’ Tweets Flagged

MPs Question Month-Long Delay in Ending CMAC Funding After ‘Vile’ Tweets Flagged
Ahmed Hussen, Minister of Housing and Diversity and Inclusion, holds a press conference on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Oct. 3, 2022. The Canadian Press/Sean Kilpatrick
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Diversity and Inclusion Minister Ahmed Hussen says he wishes he had been able to move more quickly to end the federal government’s ties to the Community Media Advocacy Centre after a Liberal caucus colleague first raised concerns about the group this summer.

The House of Commons heritage committee is studying the organization’s funding agreement with the Heritage Department after it was revealed that its senior consultant posted a series of tweets about “Jewish white supremacists.”