Liberal MP under fire for associating with ‘radical activist’
The Conservative party is calling on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to “fire” Iqra Khalid, the incumbent Liberal candidate in the Ontario riding of Mississauga–Erin Mills, for continuing to associate with an “individual with known anti-Semitic views.”
Elections Canada adding additional voting options for Jewish voters
Elections Canada announced recently that it will be setting up additional service points to provide more voting options for Jewish people who would have had difficulty finding time to vote in the available times and locations.
CJPAC op-ed: You have the power to make a difference this election
The Canadian Jewish Political Affairs Committee can help you get engaged in the upcoming election.
From Yoni’s Desk: Waiting is the hardest part
“As the High Holidays continue, we await the conclusion of our federal election (or for the more pessimistic among us, the next scandal to emerge), and what our country will look like after Oct. 21.”
NDP rejects call to drop pro-BDS candidate
The NDP has rejected a demand by B’nai Brith Canada that it disqualify one of its Montreal-area candidates who has campaigned for the boycott of Israel.
NDP rejects call to drop pro-BDS candidate
The NDP has rejected a demand by B’nai Brith Canada that it disqualify one of its Montreal-area candidates who has campaigned for the boycott of Israel.
BDS group awarded damages for election poster removal
A judge has ordered the City of Montreal to pay damages for taking down some anti-Israel posters during the 2015 federal election campaign.
Your Daily Spiel for August 30
U.S. Ambassador to Israel, David Friedman, recently said that a rollout of the Trump administration’s peace plan for Israel is “not imminent.”; Natalie Portman and Timothée Chalamet are among the list of talent attending the upcoming Toronto International Film Festival; and the August 29 rally to oppose B’nai Brith’s “smear campaign” against the Canadian Union of Postal Workers drew about 75 pro-Palestinian protesters and some 200 members of the Jewish community.
