Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is calling for the federal government to designate pro-Palestine group Samidoun as a terrorist organization and ban it from operating in Canada.
Samidoun, which describes itself as a solidarity network for Palestinian inmates in Israeli prisons, is a “front” for the Popular Front of the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), Poilievre said during an Oct. 8 press conference. The PFLP was added to the list of terrorist entities in 2003.
Poilievre noted that the previous day, members of the organization had marked the one-year anniversary of Hamas’ attack on Israel by gathering at the Vancouver Art Gallery to chant, “Long live October 7,” and “Death to Canada, Death to the United States and death to Israel.”…