In June 2019 , during his appearance before the Committee as a witness , Faisal Khan Suri , the president of the Alberta Muslim Public Affairs Council , ( AMPAC ) referred to both the 2017 Quebec City mosque shooting and the March 15 , 2019 Christchurch mosque shootings . In his response to Suri 's remarks , Cooper read a section from the New Zealand mosque shooter 's manifesto into the Committee record . Following criticism about Cooper reading from the shooter 's manifesto during the hearing and for confronting Suri , a Committee witness in a manner that was considered offensive , Cooper apologized . Conservative party leader Andrew Scheer removed Cooper from the Committee . The quote was expunged from the Committee 's records . Suri called for Cooper 's removal from the Conservative caucus . On June 4 , JUST witnesses included free speech activists Mark Steyn , John Robson and Lindsay Shepherd
Christchurch mosque shootings
Christchurch mosque shootings
Canadian House of Commons Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights