Overview

• On July 14, Immigration Minister Lina Diab declined to confirm whether Ireland’s Kneecap or the UK’s Bob Vylan would be barred from Canada, citing federal privacy laws.
• The Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs petitioned ministers in late June to invoke immigration and public safety measures after the bands’ Glastonbury performances.
• Avon and Somerset Police opened a counterterrorism probe on June 25 to investigate alleged hate speech and support for proscribed groups during the festival acts’ sets.
• On June 30, the U.S. State Department revoked Bob Vylan’s visas over their Glastonbury chant of “death to the IDF,” and some Canadian MPs urged Ottawa to follow suit.
• Canadian lawmakers and advocacy groups remain split over enforcing hate-speech provisions against artistic expression under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act.