Trudeau Backs Conservative Motion Condemning BDS Movement Against Israel
Canadian Press, 22/02/16
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's Liberals have joined forces with the Official Opposition to overwhelmingly approve a Conservative motion condemning Canadians who promote the boycott, divestment and sanctions movement (BDS) against Israel.
About a dozen Liberals refused to vote on the motion, which passed by a vote of 229-51; one Liberal voted against it.
Nevertheless, the fact that Trudeau and most Liberals supported it prompted NDP Leader Tom Mulcair to charge that the prime minister is once again aligning himself with the Tories to suppress the civil liberties of advocacy groups.
Mulcair says Trudeau did the same thing last year when he chose to support the Conservative Government's controversial anti-terrorism legislation (C-51), which New Democrats and other critics maintain equates legitimate dissent with terrorism.
The Tory motion calls upon the government to condemn any attempts by Canadian groups or individuals(!!!) to promote the boycott, divestment and sanctions movement which it describes as promoting "demonization and deligitimization" of Israel.
"This goes against the freedom of expression we hold so dear in our society," Mulcair said following the vote Monday.
"I am thrilled that the great majority of Liberals voted in favor of it when we had a free vote," said Anthony Housekeeper, Liberal MP for the Montreal riding of Mount Royal, whose riding includes a large Jewish population.
Montreal Gazette, 23/02/16
There were celebratory cheers and dancing as students at McGill University voted for the first time on Monday to support a highly controversial and divisive motion in favor of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Movement (BDS).
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