Muslim witness calls for MP to be booted from caucus after ‘you should be ashamed’ outburst 'Such a member should never be part of caucus and should never retain his position,' Faisal Khan Suri says

(CBC) The Muslim man who was the target of an angry confrontation by Conservative MP Michael Cooper during a committee appearance says the punishment meted out by leader Andrew Scheer isn’t enough.

“I think more needs to be done here,” Faisal Khan Suri told CBC News on Sunday.

Scheer stripped Cooper of his seat on the House of Commons justice committee late Saturday evening as punishment for an outburst he had earlier in the week at a hearing dedicated to online hate.

But Scheer left Cooper in his role as the party’s deputy justice critic.

Suri says he should have lost that position and be kicked out of the Conservative caucus.

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