Quebec solidaire member faces rebuke for saying fellow politicians target minorities [Video]

Amid heavy criticism across party lines, an opposition member of the provincial legislature did not back down Friday from comments that his fellow lawmakers say painted them as racist.

Haroun Bouazzi of Québec solidaire has been criticized this week for a speech delivered recently before Fondation Club Avenir, a community group that works with immigrants.

“God knows I see this in the national assembly every day, the construction of this other, this other who is North African, who is Muslim, who is Black, who is Indigenous, and whose culture, by definition, would be dangerous or inferior,” Bouazzi told the crowd.

Other political parties said Bouazzi’s remarks equated to labelling members of the national assembly as racist, and there have been calls for him to be sanctioned.

The controversy showed no signs of dying down on Friday as Bouazzi appeared on Radio-Canada’s morning radio show. He remained unapologetic and said he …