Calls grow for Carney government to explain statement banning Irish hip

OTTAWA — Calls are intensifying from the Conservatives and New Democrats for Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government to answer for an announcement made by one of his parliamentary secretaries that an Irish hip-hop trio was banned from entering the country for allegations of amplifying “political violence.” Article content

The situation started two weeks ago when Vince Gasparro, whom Carney appointed as a parliamentary secretary for combating crime, announced in a video posted to X that members of the group, Kneecap, had been deemed “ineligible to enter Canada.” Article content

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The Liberal MP from Toronto, who won his seat in the past spring federal election, alleged that the group had “engaged in actions” and made statements, which he said were “con