Jewish Students on Campus  Madam Speaker, the use of the term “apartheid” to depict the state of Israel is offensive and absurd. Israel is Canada's close friend and ally. It is a vibrant democracy with members of its minority communities serving in Parliament, the judiciary and in all professions. However

Resumption of debate on Address in Reply   expansionism that threatens countries like Ukraine and the Baltic states while funding cyber-sabotage around the world that threatens our alliances and democratic institutions. While he is at it, he could explain the calculation his government made in abandoning the State of Israel

Canada-Israel Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act  . He is also a man who has endured unbelievable hardship, suffering in the gulags in the U.S.S.R. as one of the last refuseniks. Canada and Israel are the greatest of friends and the most natural of allies. Since its founding in 1948, Canada supported Israel in its right to live

Business of Supply   academia. Israel is a vibrant democracy that protects the rights of women, homosexuals, and religious minorities. Arabs in Israel have more freedoms than Arabs in any other Arab country. In fact, Israel is the only functioning democracy in the entire Middle East region

Business of Supply   about its form and about the Conservative Party's real intentions. The motion reads: That, given Canada and Israel share a long history of friendship as well as economic and diplomatic relations, the House reject the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement, which

Business of Supply   receive the support they require in order to be successful, and that efforts that are counter-productive to a lasting peace, like the BDS movement, be abandoned immediately. Canada and Israel are strong, vibrant democracies where legitimate criticism within a legitimate discourse

Business of Supply   in many neighbouring Muslim-majority states. Canada and Israel have much in common. We are vibrant democracies, we value multiculturalism, we protect the rights of all citizens, and we enjoy robust democratic debate in two official languages: for us it is in English and French

Electoral Reform committee   proportionality, such as those in Israel or Italy, would not be suitable in the Canadian context. It's also worth underscoring that although electoral reform is not a panacea for all political problems, it can play an important role in contributing to a more productive political climate

International Trade   values its close ties with Israel. As the Prime Minister highlighted during his state visit in 2014, Israel is an example to the world, a nation whose response to suffering has been to build an extraordinary society, a vibrant democracy, and an innovative, world-leading start-up

International Trade committee  , if you don't know it, is that we've had a long record of involvement historically in playing a leadership role and advancing the Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement; the NAFTA; and our free trade agreements with Chile, Peru, Costa Rica, Israel, and the EFTA; and now we are very deeply

Canada-Israel Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act   and vibrant democracy is the State of Israel today. While others may wonder why not free trade right now with other countries in the Middle East, we must remember that Canada would not enter into free trade arrangements with countries which are not members of the WTO, the World Trade