Canada stands alone at the UN
I believe that Prime Minister Stephen Harper must still do one thing: he must condemn, in clear and unmistakable language, the anti-Semitic protests that have erupted across Canada this past week. He must use the moral suasion of his office -- the bully pulpit -- to marginalize those who have participated in such un-Canadian displays of bigotry. And, as a larger community, we must do the same, including with the labour unions and politicians who participated in those protests.
That said, I must note Canada's bold stand at the United Nations yesterday: we were the only country to vote against an anti-Israel attack resolution at the UN's Human Rights Council.
That Council is a joke; never a resolution condemning human rights abuses in China, Russia, Iran or anywhere in Arabia. It exists merely to demonize Israel. It is such an anti-Semitic body that the U.S. refuses to even sit on the council.
Good for Canada -- good for Stephen Harper -- to make our vote stand as a denunciation of the diplomatic pogrom there. Other Western democracies simply "abstained".
Yes, well, as Dante told us, there is a special place at the gates of Hell, reserved for those who, in the great battles between good and evil, remained neutral.
That said, I must note Canada's bold stand at the United Nations yesterday: we were the only country to vote against an anti-Israel attack resolution at the UN's Human Rights Council.
That Council is a joke; never a resolution condemning human rights abuses in China, Russia, Iran or anywhere in Arabia. It exists merely to demonize Israel. It is such an anti-Semitic body that the U.S. refuses to even sit on the council.
Good for Canada -- good for Stephen Harper -- to make our vote stand as a denunciation of the diplomatic pogrom there. Other Western democracies simply "abstained".
Yes, well, as Dante told us, there is a special place at the gates of Hell, reserved for those who, in the great battles between good and evil, remained neutral.
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