Backlash In Canada Over The Appointment Of An Honorary Syrian Consul Who Supports Assad

Ramli's Hummer is decorated with an Assad decal, Syrian flag and licence plate that reads 1SYRIA. (Waseem Ramli/Facebook)

Reuters: Canada's Freeland shocked by her department's approval of Assad ally to consulate

The appointment has upset and frightened the Syrian refugee community, according to two Syrian community activists. Canada and several other countries cut diplomatic ties with Syria in 2012 after the Houla massacre killed dozens of people. Syria maintains two honorary consul offices in Vancouver and Montreal.

Canada’s Maclean’s magazine reported on Monday that Montreal businessman Waseem Ramli, a supporter and ally of Assad’s regime, was appointed to the Montreal consul position.

The appointment, put forward by the Syrian government and approved by Global Affairs Canada, as the country’s foreign ministry is known, will take effect on Oct 1.

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WNU Editor: Good question .... Why did the Trudeau government approve Bashar al-Assad’s man in Montreal? (Macleans).

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