Conservative MP and leadership hopeful Pierre Poilievre says the fact that the federal government is paying a “consultant who spreads anti-semitism” for “anti-racism” projects proves that “wokism is about money and power.”
“So they pay $470/day to an ‘anti-racism’ consultant who spreads anti-semitism,”Poilievre said in a Twitter post on Aug. 19.
“Proves wokism is about money and power not racial equality,” he added. “We must defund wokism in all our government institutions.”
Poilievre was responding to a tweet by journalist Jonathan Kay about Laith Marouf, a senior consultant with the Community Media Advocacy Centre (CMAC), and comments he has made online such as “Jewish White Supremacists.” The CMAC has received financial support from Heritage Canada through its Anti-Racism Action Program….