OTTAWA — Controversial social media posts prompted three former politicians to request Rideau Hall review the granting of the Order of Canada to a prominent GTA businessman.

Paramount Fine Foods CEO Mohamad Fakih was made a member of the Order of Canada in 2022 in recognition of his business success and philanthropy — but social media comments on Israel’s self-defence against Palestinian terrorism has some demanding the honour be revoked.

“I’ve always looked at the Order of Canada to symbolize the very best in this country,” said former MP Kevin Vuong, one of three organizers of a petition requesting Richard Wagner — Supreme Court Chief Justice and Chair of the order’s advisory council — conduct a formal review of Fakih’s appointment to the order.

“To see someone who is supposed to r

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