Canada Stands With Hamas By Banning Arms Sales to Israel

Yesterday, the Canadian House of Commons passed a non-binding resolution which among other things banned the sale of arms to Israel. After the vote, Canada's Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly announced that Canada would cease sending arms to Israel. 

The resolution was brought forward by NDP MP Heather McPherson last month. The original resolution called upon Canada to unilaterally recognize a Palestinian state. However, at the last minute, the resolution was watered down following negotiations between the NDP and governing Liberals. However, the arms sale ban remained intact despite some efforts by the Liberals to water it down too, but they caved. 

While Canada's military budget is paltry, its decision could prompt other Western powers to follow suit. Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz blasted the measure on X stating in part:

It's regrettable that the Canadian government is taking a step that undermines Israel's right to self-defense against Hamas terrorists....History will judge Canada's current action harshly.

I would go further than that. The nations of the world are either with Israel or they are with the terrorists. In passing this resolution and the Foreign Minister implementing one of its key components, Canada has sided with the terrorists. Indeed, in January, Canada had already halted the sale of non-lethal weapons to Israel. Canada does not want Israel to protect its people. In so doing, Canada is giving the green light to Hamas to carry out another October 7th attack.

Only three Liberal MPs voted against the watered-down resolution. One of them is Anthony Housefather, a Montreal area MP who is Jewish and he is publicly questioning his future with the Liberal Party. Housefather has stated the resolution is "rewarding Hamas for its pogrom of Oct. 7." A Liberal MP since 2015, Housefather could leave caucus to sit as an independent or cross the floor to the Tories who opposed the resolution.

I am not a fan of the Tories nor their leader Pierre Poilievre since the 2022 trucker convoy in which they embraced Trumpism. While they did the right thing on this vote who can say they would restore arms funding to Israel if they were to come to power? I am eligible to vote in a Canadian election and up until a couple of days I would have prepared to cast a Liberal ballot. But in view of this vote, this I cannot do. I left the NDP long ago and do not trust either the Liberals or the Tories. 

The long and the short of it is that I am deeply ashamed of my home and native land when it comes to both Israel and Jews.