Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Marc Miller said he wasn’t aware of a summer jobs grant approved by his office for the Community Media Advocacy Centre (CMAC), which has recently come under fire for hiring a consultant who has a history of making antisemitic comments.
Records show that Miller’s office granted $795 in funding to the CMAC under the 2018 Canada Summer Jobs program in his constituency of Ville-Marie, Quebec. The minister later confirmed in a statement that the total funding granted to the group was $2,882.
In a series of Twitter posts, Miller said “Not a single cent of government money should go to organizations that harbour anti-Semitic views,” and that “any sums accorded should be clawed back, regardless of the time that has elapsed.”…