(CTV) Two Conservative MPs are hosting a reception to promote women’s rights in the Middle East that features a keynote speaker who has been accused of sympathizing with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and promoting an anti-Islam film.
Conservative MPs Garnett Genuis and Kelly Block are billed as co-hosts of the reception and talk on Parliament Hill with the theme of “Women’s Rights, Democracy, and Freedom in the Middle East and in the West.”
Liberal MP Judy Sgro had initially agreed to participate in the event but pulled out last week when she learned that Baroness Caroline Cox, a member of the British House of Lords, would deliver the keynote speech.
