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France's Le Pen criticizes Canadian immigration, refugee policy

Published 2016-03-20, 07:28 p/m
© Reuters. France's Le Pen criticizes Canadian immigration, refugee policy

TORONTO, March 20 (Reuters) - French right-wing politician
Marine Le Pen, who is touring the Canadian province of Quebec,
said on Sunday the country's immigration policy was on the
"wrong path," at an event where one of her bodyguards reportedly
struck a protester.
The Canadian Press news agency reported the Front National
leader's remarks at a news conference in Quebec City.
Le Pen and her party could not immediately be reached for
comment. Quebec police were at the scene but made no arrests,
they said.
The Huffington Post posted a video of the event, which
showed a man hitting another in the face. It said the Canadian
Press identified the attacker as a bodyguard of Le Pen.
Le Pen also said that if her party were to take power in
France, it would recognize Quebec as a sovereign state, the
Canadian Press reported.
Le Pen began a six-day trip to the largely French-speaking
province on Friday. Her party strongly opposes immigration and
has been criticized as xenophobic. Quebec political leaders,
including those from the separatist Parti Québécois, have
declined to meet with her.
In an interview with Canada's French La Presse newspaper
published on Sunday, she labeled Canada's decision last year to
admit 25,000 Syrian refugees as "insanity."
Le Pen has sought to make the National Front more mainstream
after taking over its leadership from her father Jean-Marie Le
Pen. She had him expelled last year for renewing past
declarations playing down the Nazi Holocaust.
The elder Le Pen has also endorsed Donald Trump. The
Republican U.S. presidential candidate on Sunday declined to
condemn supporters who had attacked protesters at his
increasingly chaotic rallies.

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