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Terry Newman: Pro-terror event held at government-funded community centre in Montreal

And no one in Ottawa seems to care

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On Sunday, a community centre in Montreal hosted a Palestinian prisoners speaking event that celebrated convicted terrorists involved in stabbings, murders and a failed suicide bombing. The event was organized by the Palestinian Youth Movement (PYM), a group with documented ties to terrorist entities.

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Three days prior, two government departments and the centre’s administration were contacted by a lawyer warning them that the event posed a serious risk of promoting hatred and glorifying terrorism, to which none of the parties responded.

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National Post has obtained a copy of a letter sent by lawyer Neil Oberman to Immigration Minister Lena Diab, Culture Minister Marc Miller and Charles Fillion, general manager of Centre St. Pierre community centre, warning them about the event and its organizers’ affiliations.

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It asked Diab to “ensure that any........

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