Mayor Brian Bowman is calling for the removal of U.S. activist Linda Sarsour from a speaking engagement planned for Winnipeg on Friday. "Mayor Bowman does not feel it is appropriate to provide this individual a public platform to further propagate anti-Semitic views and hate," the mayor's office said in a statement. At city hall on Tuesday afternoon, Bowman said many groups made the same request to the social planning council and said he met with the social planning council privately. The mayor made his statements flanked by representatives of the the Jewish Federation of Winnipeg, B'nai Brith Canada and other Winnipeg organizations. B'nai Brith Canada initially called on the Winnipeg event organizers to rescind its invitation to Sarsour, saying she's not welcome in the city.

Source: CBC News April 23, 2019 18:10 UTC