Winnipeg mayor invites Trump on educational visit

Petitions are circulating in some countries to ban Donald Trump. But Winnipeg Mayor Brian Bowman is ready to welcome the Republican presidential hopeful. He released a letter to Trump Thursday — International Human Rights Day — urging him to visit the Manitoba capital and its Canadian Museum for Human Rights. “( I) t is my hope that in visiting our city and, in particular, our museum, you might develop a more profound sense of compassion and tolerance for others,” he wrote. “( While) you fight to close doors on foreign Muslims in the United States, Canada is preparing to welcome 25,000 Syrian refugees.” Although some applauded the invitation, others felt it downplayed the seriousness of Trump’s bigotry.