Canadas Sikh Defence Minister heckled in Parliament

February 05, 2016 10:21

Canada's first Sikh Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan has been heckled in Parliament, with an Opposition member shouting that MPs needed an 'English-to-English' translation as he spoke, an act dubbed as 'racist'.

Veteran Conservative MP Jason Kenney sparked a controversy in the question period in Parliament with the heckle directed at Sajjan while the minister was responding about the military mission against the Islamic State.Kenney, a former defence minister himself, said MPs needed an English-to-English translation of Sajjan's responses.

Sajjan, 45, was in November named Canada's Defence Minister as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's 30-member Liberal Cabinet was sworn in.

He is a combat veteran and has served in Bosnia and had three deployments to Kandahar, Afghanistan.

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