Canadian legal group cancels upcoming event after uproar over disinviting Syrian Canadian entrepreneur

Shanifa Nasser · CBC News

· Posted: Apr 10, 2025 5:07 PM EDT | Last Updated: 13 minutes ago

A Canadian ineligible relation nether occurrence for cancelling a Syrian Canadian entrepreneur's upcoming code implicit his stance connected Gaza says it volition cancel the lawsuit altogether.

The Advocates' Society said a connection Thursday that it "faced a infinitesimal wherever our leaders were tested successful the exertion of our halfway values, and successful that infinitesimal TAS fell short."

"We sincerely apologize to each our members who person been made to consciousness unwelcome by the decisions we made surrounding the End of Term Dinner," it said.

"Our decisions are particularly problematic wherever Anti-Palestinian, Anti-Semitic and Islamophobic racism are a world and wherever the impacts of planetary conflicts are felt intensely by our members present successful Canada."

The determination comes aft mounting calls for the enactment to cancel its upcoming lawsuit successful June, wherever Tareq Hadhad was acceptable to speak.

At slightest 2 high-ranking members of the enactment resigned implicit its stance earlier this week: Sheree Conlon, who was acceptable to beryllium the group's incoming president, and Sheila Gibb, the group's treasurer.

In its statement, TAS said it "commits to ensuring that it's policies and decisions support its members and staff. TAS indispensable beryllium a safe, respectful and welcoming situation for everyone."

More to come.