Winnipeggers are condemning Conservative MP Maxime Bernier for using the naming of a community park in South Pointe as a way to criticize "extreme multiculturalism." Rashid Ahmed, a Pakistani university professor in Winnipeg, was part of the group that asked that the park be named after Muhammad Ali Jinnah. The City of Winnipeg held a naming ceremony for the park in the city's south end this May. Local MP Terry Duguid was among those Wednesday to ask Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer to dismiss Bernier from caucus. Janice Lukes (South Winnipeg-St. Norbert) said she was approached by the city's Pakistani community to name the park after one of their leaders.

Source: CBC News August 16, 2018 10:00 UTC