Canada’s broadcast standards organization will no longer be taking complaints about hockey commentator Don Cherry’s controversial comments on immigrants and Remembrance Day after its online system was flooded over the weekend.

In a statement posted online, the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council (CBSC) wrote that they received “a large number of very similar complaints,” which exceeded “the CBSC’s technical processing capacities.”

They added that, “accordingly, while the CBSC will be dealing with this broadcast under its normal process, it is not able to accept any further complaints.”

On Saturday, on his weekly Coach’s Corner on “Hockey Night in Canada” that aired on CBC (Sportsnet), Cherry said he’s been seeing fewer and fewer people wearing poppies in Toronto and Mississauga, falsely insinuating that immigrants aren’t so-called “good Canadians” because of this.

“You people ... you love our way of life, you love our milk and honey, at least you can pay a couple bucks for a poppy or something like that,” Cherry said. “These guys paid for your way of life that you enjoy in Canada, these guys paid the biggest price.”

His comments have sparked severe backlash online, including from the network. “Don’s discriminatory comments are offensive and they do not represent our values and what we stand for as a network,” Sportsnet president Bart Yabsley wrote in a statement.

On Sunday, Toronto Mayor John Tory said on Twitter that Cherry “is way off base to question the devotion of newer Canadians to the very same veterans and the sacrifice we will honour tomorrow on Remembrance Day. His comments are unfair and just plain wrong.”

In an opinion piece in the Star, Jagdeesh Mann criticized Cherry’s commentary as “ignorant” and added that Cherry, “is spewing hate and spreading misinformation on Hockey Night in Canada about the lack of contributions made by those he refers to as “you people,” and on a platform that reaches millions.”

Ron MacLean, Cherry’s co-host on Coach’s Corner, apologized on camera Sunday.

“Don Cherry made remarks which were hurtful, discriminatory — which were flat out wrong,” MacLean said. “So, I owe you an apology, too. That is the big thing that I want to empathize. I sat there. I did not catch it. Did not respond.”

Cherry has not publicly commented on the situation since the broadcast.

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Ilya Bañares is a breaking news reporter, working out of the Star's radio room in Toronto. Follow him on Twitter: @ilyaoverseas

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