Does the federal government fund and support racially discriminating groups and individuals?

The federal Public Order Emergency Commission appears to be treating the Freedom Convoy protesters with kid gloves. Headed by Justice Paul Rouleau, the commission has offered full standing to the Freedom Convoy protesters through the Alberta-based Canadian Constitution Foundation. That group's intervention will be eligible for thousands of federal dollars under the Treasury Board's inquiry funding guidelines.

Party on, Wayne: A Freedom Convoy supporter, pictured Feb. 17, 2022, drinking a can of beer out of work glove on Wellington Street, across from the Senate of Canada Building. At that point, the downtown occupation had entered its third week. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY KEN RUBIN

September 8, 2022

OTTAWA—Federal funding of hateful messaging has been in the news lately after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau condemned the comments of a senior consultant who was working on a federally funded anti-racist project. As a result of Laith Marouf's anti-French and anti-Semitic postings, the $130,000 fun...

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