New cabinet minister Omar Alghabra slams ‘harmful innuendo’ by Bloc about his past

(Canadian Press) Transport Minister Omar Alghabra says he feels let down by Bloc Québécois efforts to taint his past with “dangerous and harmful innuendo.”

“I am disappointed by the Bloc Québécois’ attempts to create divisions for mere political gain,” he said Wednesday in a statement to the Canadian Press.

“I expected better … We know what such misinformation could lead to,” he said, calling on the Bloc to reconsider its insinuations, which he dubbed a “dangerous game.”

Alghabra, who received his first ministerial post as part of a cabinet shuffle Tuesday, was reacting to a Bloc release that sought to sow doubt about his association with what it called “the political Islamic movement.”

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