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The City of Vancouver is being criticized for allowing a man known for his controversial views to speak this weekend at a city-owned venue.

David Icke, a British author and conspiracy theorist, is holding at a daylong event at the Orpheum on Saturday.

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He has been denounced for saying 9/11 attacks were an inside job. He has also said that the world is controlled by a small cadre of human-extraterrestrial reptilian crossbreeds, descended from aliens who arrived on earth long ago.

He also has said the moon is hollow and claims that various Jewish figures secretly control the world.

Aidan Fishman, a spokesperson for B’nai B’rith Canada, called Icke “a noted conspiracy theorist.”

“It’s difficult to understand why a theatre owned by the city would provide space to him,” he said.

“I understand that venues like the city will always have tough decisions to make in balancing free speech or hate speech,” but added he believed Icke’s speech would violate the B.C. Human Rights Code.