OTTAWA — “I didn’t hear.”
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That was Liberal Leader Mark Carney’s response Wednesday while walking back comments he made during a Tuesday evening rally where he falsely claimed Canada has an arms embargo with Israel, purportedly declaring Israel’s defence against Palestinian terrorism as ‘genocide.’
The controversy began with a heckler during Carney’s rally Tuesday in Calgary, who shouted that a “genocide” was happening in Palestine.
“Thank you, Diana,” Carney said to what sounded like a male heckler.
“I’m aware, it’s why we have an arms embargo.”
Carney was then drowned out by attendees chanting his name.
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When asked about his remarks on Wednesday, Carney insisted he didn’t hear what the heckler had said.
“You were there, I guess — It was noisy, you get… if you’re up there, you hear snippets of what people say,” he said during his Wednesday afternoon press conference.
“I heard ‘Gaza’ and that, my point was that I’m aware of the situation in Gaza.”
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