Accusations of anti-Semitism fly from floor of legislature on final day of fall sitting

Accusations flew across the floor of the legislature on the final day of the fall sitting as the government accused the NDP of being anti-Semitic, leading to an MLA being expelled from the legislature.

Accusations flew across the floor of the legislature on the final day of the fall sitting as the government accused the NDP of being anti-Semitic, leading to an MLA being expelled from the legislature.

“The NDP and the Canadian left in general has a serious and obvious antisemitism problem,” said Jeremy Harrison, the government house leader.

It goes back to an incident last month where a group of protestors chanted a phrase that Jewish groups call anti-Semitic. The government accused the NDP of having helped orchestrate the protest.

“The rioters were introduced by the NDP, given passes to the building by the NDP,” Harrison said.

The NDP denied playing a role in the November protest that had briefly disrupted house proceedings.

“Mr. Speaker, I’m not going to go into too much detail addressing the offensive slander we’ve just heard from the government house leader,” said NDP MLA Meara Conway.

The speaker asked both sides to apologize for being disrespectful to each other.