Posted on 11/21/22
| News Source: Arutz-7
A Canadian lawmaker has issued a statement apologizing for comments he made in an August 2021 interview with the Ottawa Forum on Israel/Palestine that included what he termed as an "antisemitic stereotype".
"I would like to apologize unreservedly to the Jewish community for comments I made," Joel Harden, who represents Ottawa Centre in the Ontario provincial government, said in the statement released Sunday and quoted by CBC News.
"I spoke in a way that perpetrated an antisemitic stereotype towards Jewish neighbors. I regret my choice of words and sincerely apologize to the Jewish community," added Harden, a member of the New Democratic Party (NDP).
The interview with forum chair Peter Larson was posted online last summer, but resurfaced on social media recently and drew criticism.
Harden said in the interview he has “asked many questions of Jewish neighbors here about how much longer we should put up with this.”