OTTAWA — Calls are intensifying from the Conservatives and New Democrats for Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government to answer for an announcement made by one of his parliamentary secretaries that an Irish hip-hop trio was banned from entering the country for allegations of amplifying “political violence.”

The band, Kneecap, said on social media that the parliamentary secretary's comments were “wholly untrue and deeply malicious.”{ai:summary}OTTAWA—Conservatives and New Democrats press for answers after a parliamentary secretary said an Irish hip-hop trio was barred from entering Canada for amplifying political violence.The dispute heightens scrutiny of the Carney government over immigration decisions. #politics

Calls grow for Carney government to explain statement banning Irish hip-hop trio

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