Calls are mounting from the Conservatives and New Democrats for Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government to clarify an announcement by parliamentary secretary Vince Gasparro regarding the Irish hip-hop group Kneecap being banned from Canada over allegations of political violence, which the band disputes. The controversy has intensified amid rising antisemitism concerns and questions about the government’s response, particularly in light of a recent terrorism charge against a band member being dropped in the UK.
