(CBC) Percy Downe from Prince Edward Island has walked back comments he made urging security checks on international students and immigrants from Gaza, but an advocacy group is still calling for his resignation.
“Islanders are concerned about terrorists coming to our country, given the terrible, savage crimes committed by Hamas against the citizens of Israel,” Percy Downe said in the preamble to a question directed at Marc Gold, the Trudeau government’s representative in the Senate.
“Given the lack of security checks on international students, what checks will be conducted on individuals coming from Gaza?”
Downe followed up his comments with a post on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, calling for security checks on immigrants and students from Gaza.
