Justin Trudeau
Rodrigo Alonso Loyola Salas said he will run as an independent rather than under Justin Trudeau’s party after a video of him from 2009 surfaced.
“This is an opportunity for Canada to completely reassess the role it plays in the Middle East,” Guidy Mamann, of the Toronto Zionist Council, told JNS.
“It has become obvious to me, with the internal battles, that I cannot be the one to carry the liberal standard into the next election,” Trudeau said.
“Government officials have to understand that the time for thoughts and prayers is over,” stated CIJA, an agency of the Canadian Jewish Federations.
“I reiterated to him my great concern over the intolerable wave of antisemitic attacks against the Canadian Jewish community,” said Israeli President Isaac Herzog.
“At least in Israel, we have the Iron Dome. Canada, you have Justin Trudeau,” wrote the human-rights lawyer Arsen Ostrovsky.
“This ill-considered endorsement of the ICC’s politically motivated actions is a slap in the face to our ally and to every innocent Israeli still being held hostage,” wrote Leo Housakos, a Quebec senator.
A defining characteristic of Anthony Housefather’s political career has been his willingness to speak out against his Liberal party about its positions on Israel.
“I think the idea of allowing a genocidal, theocratic, unstable dictatorship, that is desperate to avoid being overthrown by its own people, to develop nuclear weapons is about the most dangerous and irresponsible thing that the world could ever allow,” said Pierre Poilievre.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said the position would work towards making the northern nation “more inclusive for everyone.”
Melissa Lantsman, a member of the Canadian parliament, told JNS that hate crimes and bigotry against Jews had increased in the country by 150%.
“This deliberate act of hate was an attempt to intimidate our Jewish community,” stated religious and organizational leaders.
