Mayor calls for removal of American activist from Winnipeg panel Mayor's office says Linda Sarsour promulgates hate

April 23, 2019   

(CBC) Mayor Brian Bowman is calling for the removal of U.S. activist Linda Sarsour from a speaking engagement planned for Winnipeg on Friday.

The Social Planning Council of Winnipeg and the Canadian Muslim Women’s Institute had booked Sarsour, one of the co-chairs of the Women’s March, to speak at an event called Sorry Not Sorry: Unapologetically Working for Social Justice, marking the council’s 100th anniversary.

The event had been scheduled for April 26 at the Seven Oaks Performing Arts Centre at Garden City Collegiate. It was then rescheduled for the Ukrainian Labour Temple.

Bowman’s office issued a statement Tuesday morning calling for Sarsour’s removal from the event.

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