Day after passage of policy statement that supports negotiated two-state solution for Israelis and Palestinians, Housefather says lot of MPs don’t understand existential threat that Israel faces
A prominent Liberal MP says he is reflecting on whether he belongs in the governing party after the Liberal caucus and cabinet backed an, who has represented the Montreal riding of Mount Royal since 2015, says the Liberals should have voted down the motion advanced by NDP MP Heather McPherson.
“I think it’s the first time in my parliamentary career that I’ve had a reflection like this where I truly felt last night that a line had been crossed,” he said. “I didn’t feel like some members of Parliament or a lot of members of Parliament understood the existential threat that Israel faces and the fears of Jewish Canadians as a result of what’s happening domestically and what’s happening abroad.”was followed by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.Michael Pickup says overdose prevention and supervised consumption services are critical to saving lives and connecting people to the supports they need, but cited municipal resistance in B.C.
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