“Donald Trump is a fascist. Let’s not kid

ourselves, let’s not beat around the bush," Mulcair said at a closed-door Q&A session with NDP MPs and staffers last Tuesday.



"When you say that you want to keep people out (from) a certain religion, that you want to build a wall to keep people out, this is

an appeal to the lowest feelings in human nature.”

He was referencing the Republican contender's vows to ban Muslim immigrants and force Mexico to pay for a border wall.

A video of Mulcair's comments was given to BuzzFeed Canada by the NDP.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has refused to take any direct shots at the possible future president of the United States. Asked about Trump in Washington earlier this month, Trudeau said Canada and the U.S. have "a long friendship that goes beyond whoever actually sits in the White House."