The Canadian Press-A Quebec legislature member says he doesn\u2019t think his colleagues at the national assembly are racist, as his party prepares to face criticism from all sides for controversial comments he made earlier this month. Following an emergency caucus meeting Tuesday morning, Haroun Bouazzi published a statement on social media saying he will continue to represent the left-leaning Qu\u00e9bec solidaire. “In this sense, I join them in saying that I do not consider that the national assembly and its members are racist and that this is not the party’s position,” he wrote on the social media platform X. Bouazzi also apologized to two cabinet ministers he singled out in an interview last week. The mea culpa came as the other three parties, including the governing Coalition Avenir Qu\u00e9bec, prepared… <\/p>\n
The Canadian Press-A Quebec legislature member says he doesn\u2019t think his colleagues at the national assembly are racist, as his party prepares to face criticism from all sides for controversial comments he made earlier this month. Following an emergency caucus meeting Tuesday morning, Haroun Bouazzi published a statement on social media saying he will continue to represent the left-leaning Qu\u00e9bec solidaire. “In this sense, I join them in saying that I do not consider that the national assembly and its members are racist and that this is not the party’s position,” he wrote on the social media platform X. Bouazzi also apologized to two cabinet ministers he singled out in an interview last week. The mea culpa came as the other three parties, including the governing Coalition Avenir Qu\u00e9bec, prepared... <\/p>\n