Muslim-Canadian group ‘deeply disappointed’ by end to ethics review of Senator Boisvenu’s Facebook activity

Conservative Senator Pierre-Hugues Boisvenu left a handful of alt-right Facebook groups, some of which he has said he was added to without his consent, and apologized, leading Senate Ethics Officer Pierre Legault to drop a review of whether he violated the Senate's code of conduct.

Conservative Senator Pierre-Hugues Boisvenu, left, issued an apology last month after his Facebook profile was added to online groups for several far-right organizations, some of which promote racist views. Mustafa Farooq, the National Council of Canadian Muslims' executive director, says that apology wasn't good enough.The Hill Times file photograph, photograph courtesy of Twitter

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BY PETER MAZEREEUW

January 7, 2020

The National Council of Canadian Muslims says it's "deeply disappointed" with the result of the Senate ethics officer's recent review of Conservative Senator Pierre-Hugues Boisvenu, who cut ties with a handful of alt-right Facebook groups last fall. Sen. Boisvenu (La Salle, Que.) apologized in a Se...

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