Post-Secondary Education Minister Selina Robinson said she will take anti-Islamophobia training amid calls for her to resign after she called Palestine a “crappy piece of land with nothing on it” during a Jewish leaders panel.
“I am committed to making amends, learning from the pain I have caused and doing whatever I can to rebuild relationships,” Robinson said in an emailed statement Monday (Feb.
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