While Olivia Chow, Melanie Joly and Justin Trudeau sit on the fence, Pierre Poilievre makes it clear he stands against terror and antisemitism
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To remain human, the writer Graham Greene once said, you have to take sides.
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Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has chosen a side – Jews, the Jewish state and Western democracy.
Poilievre sometimes gets himself in trouble for lack of nuance. But this week, his refusal to equivocate on Israel deserves high praise.
On Parliament Hill, Poilievre condemned the avalanche of antisemitism, the likes of which he said “we’ve never seen before in this country.” The Conservative Leader cited the “firebombing of synagogues, the hateful, genocidal protests, (the) chants in front of Jewish businesses, homes and hospitals,” and – this week – the burning of the Canadian flag, and the “death to Canada” chants of Samidoun, the federally-registered nonprofit that Poilievre rightly describes as a........