NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says he stands by his actions and words in the House of Commons after he was kicked out yesterday for calling a Bloc Quebecois MP a racist.
CTV News reporting, Singh was removed after refusing to apologize to Bloc Quebecois House Leader Alain Therrien.
Singh called Therrien a racist for denying the approval needed for a motion calling out systemic racism in the RCMP.
The NDP Leader telling the media hours later, “I don't back down from standing up to racism… I don't think it benefits for me to call people names, I was angry at the moment and I stand by it.”
Singh adding “In this moment where Indigenous people are being killed and being brutalized, Black people are being killed and brutalized in Canada. We've not seen any action. And in that moment, we put forward this motion, but I thought given where we are, given what's going on, given the lack of action, here is something we can do concretely to actually make a difference… Kind of shocked that anyone would say no to this motion.”