NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is the first Canadian political leader to call for the U.S. president to be uninvited from a major summit of world leaders this summer in Canada.

“Why would we invite someone who threatens our sovereignty and economic well-being? Why would we invite someone who threatens the economic well-being of allies and threatens the world’s stability? Why would we allow a convicted criminal into our country?” Singh said in a statement.

  • aramis87@fedia.io
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    15 hours ago

    Afaik, he can’t get into Canada anyway, having been convicted of 34 felonies.

      • aramis87@fedia.io
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        4 hours ago

        Uh, no. When he was president, Bush junior had to get special permission from the Canadian government to enter Canada, because he’d had a DUI conviction like 30 years earlier. Diplomatic passports / diplomatic immunity have to be granted by the nation being visited.