(EZ-Tracks) - Immigration Minister Joe Volpe has been asked by one of his Liberal colleagues to prevent rap artist 50 Cent from coming to Canada because he feels the rapper promotes gun violence. “Fiddy” is set to launch a Canadian tour starting December 3rd in Vancouver and subsequently Halifax, Saint John, Montreal, Quebec City, Toronto and Ottawa. "I don't think people in Toronto or any urban centre need or want to hear Mr. Jackson's message right now," McTeague said. The musician performed in Toronto in 2003, where McTeague points out there was a shooting and it doesn’t help matters that there was a well-publicized shooting at a theatre for the showing of Fifty’s new film Get Rich or Die Tryin’. I think it's time we send a message of our own to those who glorify violence that their gratuitous violence and movies are not welcome in our country," McTeague said. "We need to do a better job at protecting Canadians from people who's message runs counter to all of our efforts of trying to curb gun violence."
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