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CAUGHT ON CAMERA: Poilievre Says He Stands with Israel, Does Trudeau?:  

 

Toronto Sun, YouTube, March 28, 2024

THE HONOURABLE PIERRE POILIEVRE, leader of the Canadian Conservative Party, addressed a full, highly enthusiastic audience at Montreal’s Beth Israel Beth Aaron Speech. He explained how the Conservatives would support Israel with one position for all of Canada

 

Partial Transcript

“… what struck me is that more than 2,000 years ago on the same land the same people were singing the same songs that is the Jewish people are the only people I know of who in the same language worship the same faith in the same land in the same country as they did 3,000 years ago talk that is a true indigenous people which gives inspiration when you think about all the hardship that it took to stay true to what they had. …”

“I came home from that trip …  determined to stand with my friends in Israel, and not long after that, I joined with Bnai Brith Canada and the Canada Israel Committee, now CIJA, and we launched a full-scale campaign to criminalize Hezbollah, which up until that time was completely legal in Canada.

“And the Jewish people have stood with me in my journey through politics. Some of my best friends and greatest advisers, including our very own Deputy leader Melissa Landsman now helps me lead the charge in Parliament for our shared values.  Many times, our focus is on domestic cutting the taxes building the homes fixing the budget stopping crime.  

“Sometimes it’s international. But we know that over the last several months since October 7th it has been necessary for us to turn our attention to the defense of our shared values of our Eternal values. ….SOURCE

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