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Québec solidaire spokesperson Manon Massé sent a letter to prime minister Justin Trudeau Friday, urging him to grant political asylum to exiled Catalonian president Carles Puigdemont — who is the target of an international arrest warrant.

Massé, the MNA for Sainte-Marie-Saint-Jacques says Canada should act “like a democracy” in the face of the Spanish crisis.

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After Catalonia unilaterally declared its independence, last week, Canada backed Madrid by declaring it recognizes a “united Spain.”

Trudeau has otherwise avoided commenting on the situation, even amid violence and police repression during the Oct. 1 referendum.

Massé is asking the prime minister to “quickly and rapidly show Canada’s willingness to offer political asylum” to Puigdemont as well as other elected officials and citizens who wish to seek it. She added that even if Puigdemont isn’t asking for asylum, Trudeau would send a strong message to Madrid by offering it.