Canadian Author and Activist
Why don’t nationalists push back on certain foreign smears against Canada? Why doesn’t the “Canada First” crowd complain when private schools have kids sing a foreign anthem? Why don’t pushers of military readiness denounce Canadians who join a foreign army? Why does our government give tax deductions for “charities” that break Canadian law and/or our... Continue Reading →
Benjamin Netanyahu is openly throwing his weight behind Pierre Poilievre. But few are pushing back against this flagrant interference in Canada’s election. On Friday the Israeli prime minister posted, “Canada has always sided with civilization. So should Mr. Carney. But instead of supporting Israel, a democracy that is fighting a just war with just means... Continue Reading →
Neil Oberman highlights Conservative party hypocrisy on freedom of expression. In service of a genocidal foreign state Pierre Poilievre’s candidate for the Mount Royal riding has been rampaging against freedom of speech and assembly. Partly due to Oberman’s intervention, I recently spent five days in jail for social media posts critical of Israel. The case... Continue Reading →
Intimidating a diaspora organization for presenting to the foreign interference inquiry should be widely condemned. But its victims contradict the dominant narrative so it won’t be. In the summer, the Iranian Canadian Congress (ICC) presented to the Foreign Interference Commission’s Public Consultation Process and Commissioner Marie-Josée Hogue. Seven members of the Iranian community detailed pressure... Continue Reading →
Babies are dying of hypothermia. Cats have joined stray dogs in eating the dead. The last functioning hospital in the north has been burned down. Amidst this ever-worsening holocaust in Gaza, the media and politicians want us to believe Canadian Jews are the real victims. In an egregious example, the Winnipeg Sun just published “Dahlia... Continue Reading →
Adopting an uber ‘woke’ position Pierre Poilievre wants to “defund” institutions to protect “feelings”. The Conservative Party leader recently repeated his threat to defund universities that fail to suppress criticism of Israel that make Jews “uncomfortable”. On Tuesday supremacist journalist Rhonda Spivak reported: “Pierre Poilievre told the Winnipeg Jewish Review in an exclusive telephone interview... Continue Reading →
Canadian officials are encouraging Israeli violence in Iran. Once again, they are supporting the neoconservatives who view the genocide in Gaza, weakening of Hezbollah and Iran’s response to Israeli provocations as a bid to remake the Middle East just like in the build-up to the last US invasion of Iraq. As former Israeli prime minister... Continue Reading →
The Conservative party’s genocidal lies are made possible by a criminal media sphere. Last week Conservative foreign affairs critic Michael Chong claimed, “I have seen no credible reports of the State of Israel’s violating either international humanitarian law or customary international law. The number of civilians who have been, unfortunately, killed in this conflict is... Continue Reading →
The Liberals and elements of the dominant media are criticizing the Conservatives for their insufficient commitment to Ukraine. But it’s those who have promoted the NATO proxy war that have damaged the country. The prime minister and Liberal ministers have denounced the Conservatives for not voting for the Canada-Ukraine free trade deal. They are seeking... Continue Reading →
Jewish suffering matters to Canadian politicians. Palestinian suffering doesn’t. Soon after the resistance broke through their cage in Gaza, the leaders of Canada’s four main federal parties condemned the Palestinians. The same politicians who cheer on resistance to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine denounce Palestinian fighters who captured Israeli tanks, soldiers and bases, all instruments of... Continue Reading →
Like a stopped watch that tells the correct time twice a day, Pierre Poilievre is right about Canada’s ‘public’ broadcaster. CBC is a government-funded media outlet that acts as a state, rather than public, broadcaster in its coverage of Canadian foreign policy. Recently the extreme right Conservative party leader asked for Twitter to label CBC... Continue Reading →
The double standard is startling. A publisher whose newspaper is accused of making a questionable link to a horrific 80-year-old crime must be denounced by everyone who attended a large event, but few react to the editor of a paper that denies the existence of a people facing an ongoing injustice that many would label... Continue Reading →
Flagrant antisemitism at a rally attended by leading politicians has been ignored because the targets of the racist attack stood with the oppressed in Israel. At United Jewish Appeal Toronto’s May 29 Walk with Israel a group of Israel flag-waving individuals crossed the street to berate a half dozen Hasidic Jews holding a Palestinian flag. One woman... Continue Reading →
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