Honorary consul choice causes concern
There’s been some alarm and despondency, and some political hay-making, over the federal government’s peculiar choice of a Syrian honorary consul for Montreal – a person Eater defines as the owner of Cocktail Hawaii, a downtown crêpe restaurant. Waseem Ramli is a supporter of Bashar al‑Assad, which many Syrians in Montreal emphatically are not. Foreign affairs minister Chrystia Freeland is promising to act on this.
Update: And the appointment has been revoked.
JaneyB 13:01 on 2019-09-26 Permalink
Good. That was fast. Assad is a beast. Tip of the hat to Terry Glavin at Maclean’s for making the connection.
Patrick 15:00 on 2019-09-26 Permalink
How could this have happened in the first place? Wasn’t the guy vetted? Or maybe he was–by Cameron Ortis! Why does the Liberal government shoot itself in the foot so often? Sigh.