Conservative MP Michelle Rempel Garner said a letter from Immigration Minister Lena Diab’s deputy minister, which said some public servants have faced harassment after appearing before the immigration committee, was an attempt at stopping Tories from questioning the Liberal government’s immigration policies.
“It is troubling that rather than advising you to make better decisions, you have instead directed your [deputy minister] to try to censor parliamentarians and infringe upon our rights. Do better. We will not accept any form of censorship,” Rempel Garner told the immigration committee on Dec. 4.
The letter from Deputy Immigration Minister Harpreet Kochhar stated that he had “growing concern about the safety and well-being” of public servants appearing before the committee, as he said they have faced harassment and threats from the public “ranging from social media attacks to hostile messages sent to their work emails, and even in-person confrontations.”…