OTTAWA — Montreal MP Anthony Housefather said Friday he will remain in the Liberal caucus, despite the intense anger he still feels about a motion passed by the House of Commons last month.
Housefather has been reflecting on his next steps since the NDP-sponsored motion on the Israel-Hamas war passed with significant Liberal amendments on March 18.
Housefather said he has had many long conversations with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in recent days discussing what he called"a massive problem of antisemitism right now in Canada" and what the federal government needs to do to combat it. Housefather, who is Jewish, has been among the most vocal MPs decrying pro-Palestinian protests, saying that demonstrators have intimidated Canadian Jews and implied they are responsible for the actions of the Israeli government.
The NDP motion caused significant division among government MPs, even as high-level Liberals renegotiated its phrasing with the New Democrats behind the scenes. It also added language calling for Hamas to lay down its arms, identified it as a listed terrorist organization in Canada and replaced language calling for Ottawa to"suspend all" military goods and technology trade with Israel with a paragraph calling for Canada to stop approving the transfer of “arms exports” to Israel.
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