Just one week after apologizing for calling Environment Minister Catherine McKenna “climate Barbie”, former federal agriculture minister and longtime Conservative MP Gerry Ritz is stirring up opposition again by asking whether the Trudeau government is seeking a carve-out for ‘Sharia law’ in the NAFTA negotiations.

Ritz tweeted a question — “Is Sharia law a cultural exemption that the Liberals are demanding in Nafta?” — in response to a Toronto Sun opinion piece written by Candice Malcolm titled, “Stop normalizing Sharia law in Canada.”

Is Sharia law a cultural exemption that the Liberals are demanding in Nafta? — Gerry Ritz (@GerryRitzMP) September 26, 2017

It’s not clear how Ritz made the connection between Malcolm’s article and the Islamic legal code — which isn’t even practised in Canada.

The reaction to Ritz’s tweet so far looks like a replay of the pile-on that followed his “Barbie” crack of last week.

I see you didn’t learn yr lesson last week when you stepped in poop. Cda has no sharia law, as per our https://t.co/R3nGhP24Kr shld read it — suepeac (@suepeac) September 26, 2017

Into the sea with you, take your pension and sod off — tim krochak (@real_timbophoto) September 26, 2017

Dear Mr. Ritz: I’m ashamed that a member of the Canadian Parliament would spout such ignorant nonsense. Please resign now. — Greg Hooper (@tangibullah) September 26, 2017

Ritz is set to retire on October 2.

This is only the most recent example of Ritz making highly controversial comments to stir the pot. During a stalemate with Belgian’s Wallonia region over the conditional ratification of the Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement with the European Union, Ritz chided then-International Trade Minister Chrystia Freeland’s decision to walk out of talks and return to Canada.

“I guess the same now goes for CETA, as the world witnessed last Friday Canada’s trade minister’s meltdown as she was throwing in the towel and fleeing the scene of important implementation talks with the EU,” Ritz said in question period last October.

He went on to suggest Freeland required “adult supervision” to “get this job done.” Ritz was the Conservative party’s trade critic at the time.

In 2008, opposition MPs called on Ritz to resign because of a comment he made in the midst of a listeriosis outbreak that killed 20 people. Ritz joked that the political damage from the outbreak was “like a death by a thousand cuts. Or should I say cold cuts.”

When Ritz learned about a new listeriosis-related death in Prince Edward Island, he said, “Please tell me it’s [Liberal MP] Wayne Easter.”