OTTAWA — Police are investigating a banner draped over Ontario MP Kellie Leitch’s constituency office that invokes the Quebec City mosque shooting and urges the controversial Conservative leadership candidate to resign. The banner, stretching nearly the full height of the single-storey building, says, “Hate puts us all at risk,” and bears the names of the six people killed in Sunday’s mosque shooting in Quebec City, along with the hashtag #notmyMP. Police say the banner was removed Wednesday morning after they were called to Leitch’s office in Collingwood, Ont. As a Conservative leadership candidate, Leitch has promised to screen newcomers to Canada for “Canadian values” — a proposal that garnered fresh attention after the shooting, although there’s nothing to suggest the alleged gunman would have been screened. A day after the Quebec City shooting, he sent an email to supporters urging caution.

Source: National Post February 02, 2017 04:36 UTC