US EditionCBSA, PMO say they were not involved in MP announcing ban on Belfast band Kneecap
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada canceled one member's electronic travel authorization for incomplete application information; other members' entries remain under review, officials said.
- On Monday, the Prime Minister's Office and the Canada Border Services Agency said they were not consulted in Vince Gasparro, parliamentary secretary for combating crime's announcement deeming Kneecap ineligible to enter Canada.
- Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada says one member's eTA was cancelled a month before Gasparro's announcement for omitting complete information, while the other two members' applications remain under review and they were told not to travel.
- The written response, tabled on the final day before the required 45-day deadline, answered NDP MP Jenny Kwan's order-paper question, while Vince Gasparro's social video accused the group of `advocating for political violence` and `glorifying terrorist organizations` but refused to say who authorized it.
- The Canada Border Services Agency would enforce any entry ban, while IRCC says the cancelled electronic travel authorization does not preclude reapplication and inadmissibility ends once non-compliance ends.
- Conservative Deputy Leader Melissa Lantsman said last month that `either doesn't know what’s happening within his own government or clearly lied`, while NDP MP Jenny Kwan called Vince Gasparro a `rogue Liberal MP` and sought House of Commons committee scrutiny.
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Canadian Prime Minister's office and border services not "involved" in Kneecap ban
The Canadian Prime Minister’s office and the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) have claimed that they were not “involved” in banning Kneecap from the country. The Irish rap trio were banned from entering Canada in September, with Canadian officials saying they had “made statements that are contrary to Canadian values” that “caused deep alarm”. READ MORE: Kneecap live in London: a Keir Starmer-baiting Wembley invasion When announcing the ban,…
CBSA, PMO say they were not involved in MP announcing ban on Belfast band Kneecap
The Canada Border Services Agency and the Prime Minister’s Office say they were not involved in an Ontario Liberal MP’s announcement that members of the Belfast band Kneecap were banned from entering Canada.
CBSA, PMO say they were not involved in MP announcing ban on Belfast band Kneecap
OTTAWA — The Canada Border Services Agency and the Prime Minister’s Office say they were not involved in an Ontario Liberal MP’s announcement that members of the Belfast band Kneecap were banned from entering Canada. Vince Gasparro, parliamentary secretary for combating crime, released a social media video in September announcing the ban in response to […]
CBSA, PMO say they were not involved in MP announcing ban on Belfast band Kneecap
OTTAWA - The Canada Border Services Agency and the Prime Minister's Office say they were not involved in an Ontario Liberal MP's announcement that members of the Belfast band Kneecap were banned from entering Canada.
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