Canada Bans Arms Exports to Israel
Ottawa plans to halt all arms exports to Israel pursuant to a non-binding parliamentary motion passed on March 19, Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly told the Toronto...
New Democratic Party
Uniting Behind Human Rights
Last month, Canada’s Parliament displayed rare unity. Iran Accountability Week, which was co-sponsored by MPs James Bezan (Conservative), Irwin Cotler (Liberal) and Paul Dewar (NDP), sought...
Op-eds
Canada’s Boat for Gaza Movement Still Lives in an Anti-Israel Svend Robinson-Era Time Warp
In 2010, militant activists on board a flotilla to Gaza provoked a violent confrontation with Israeli commandos. In the confusion, the Israelis shot and killed nine of the activists, who did not...
Op-eds
How the Tragedy of 9/11 Made Canada a Better, More Sensible Country
How much has Canada changed in the last eleven years? Consider this: As the World Trade Center rubble was still smoldering, the then-leader of Canada’s left-wing NDP party, Alexa McDonough,...
Op-eds
Why are Some Canadian Sikhs Expressing Solidarity with an Unrepentant Terrorist?
Today, Indian politicians stayed the execution...
Op-eds
How the Tragedy Made Canada a Bolder, Prouder Nation
How much has Canada changed in the last decade? Consider this: As the World Trade Center rubble was still smouldering, NDP Leader Alexa McDonough declared: “As responsible international cit...
Op-eds
Bin Laden’s Killing Shows Us the Irrelevance of “International Law”
This past week, the NDP’s Thomas Mulcair became a figure of ridicule for suggesting that the United States doesn’t have photos of Osama bin Laden’s body — presumably...
Op-eds
The Canadian Election That Changes It All
It is a credit to Canada that few outsiders pay much attention to what goes on there. Prosperity, stability, and centrist politics make for dull news. But now and then, something truly inte...
Op-eds
Kurt Westergaard, Free Speech, and Leftist Refuseniks
Has Jack Layton converted to Islam? That's what activist Tarek Fatah...
Op-eds
Egyptian Legislative Elections: A Reading of the Results
Egypt completed the final round of balloting in legislative elections on December 7. The first round of polling took place on November 9; all told 5,414 candidates vied for 444 seats in the lower...