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钟建英's avatar

Why doesn’t Canada at least comply with its international obligations and boycott Israel and all companies collaborating with Israel, as UN rapporteur Albanese says member states are obliged to do? One wonders where these Western experts get their training.

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Roger Boyd's avatar

The Canadian oligarchy and political class are utterly committed to the Zionist cause. That will not be changing for a while. The Canadian Zionist Federation among other groups is the equivalent of the US AIPAC. Between 5% and 10% of Canadians are Christian Zionist (Evangelicals), and the Anglican Church of the British-Canadians has a long history of Zionism (in which Elizabeth May studied to be a vicar).

Also, money speaks:

"The Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs is the leading force with over 40 staff and a $10 million annual budget. In addition, B’nai B’rith has a handful of offices across the country, and Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center Canada’s budget is $7-10 million annually. These groups work closely with StandWithUs Canada, CAMERA, Allied Voices for Israel, Israel on Campus, Honest Reporting Canada, and other Israeli nationalist political organizations. Additionally, more than 200 registered Canadian charities assist projects in Israel and engage in at least some pro-Israel campaigning domestically. There are also numerous Jewish private schools, summer camps, synagogues, and community centers that actively promote Israel.

All these groups are backed by substantial wealth. Patron of CIJA, the Jewish federations of Toronto, Montréal, Winnipeg, Windsor, Calgary, Edmonton, Hamilton, London, Ottawa, Vancouver, and Atlantic Canada raise $200 million annually and have over $1 billion in assets.

A large amount of private wealth also strengthens Israel lobby groups’ influence. Since 2013, the chief fundraiser for the Trudeau Liberals has been Stephen Bronfman, scion of an arch-Zionist family. Bronfman has millions invested in Israeli technology companies, and over the years, the Bronfman clan has secured arms for Israeli forces and supported its military in other ways. Bronfman openly linked his fundraising for Trudeau to Israel."

https://mondoweiss.net/2024/02/the-reasons-for-canadas-unwavering-support-for-israel/

The ultra-orthodox Haredi Reichman family have also been big players in Canada, now less wealthy but still worth over US$2 billion.

The book "No Debate the Israel Lobby and free speech at Canadian Universities" covers some of the large influence that the Zionist lobby has on what is acceptable speech in Canada. The National Post group is owned by a US hedge fund manager, the Globe and Mail by the Thomson family and the Toronto Star by Jordan Bitove; and all are fully bought into the Zionist narrative.

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Phil Salmon's avatar

Thanks Roger. We've multiversed into a nightmare world. The Nazis won WW2. We - the west - are them. How do we multiverse back to a normal world? Where's Doctor Strange?

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William Bowles's avatar

Canada does as it's told, it's just another settler state.

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Loon's avatar

The vassal worship appears may not be to any country but to the Schizoid Delusional Frenzy born of Hubris itself.

It’s even crazier than anyone has even imagined.

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Al Felix's avatar

hadn't heard of Ms Garbers til now, I googled her image to verify Victoria Nuland hadn't changed her name and relocated.

China's efforts in the Global South have changed minds in a significant portion of the Black/Brown communities here in the US. Not based on anything other than what I see and hear among boots on the ground and their followers but it's definitely changed for the better. the Black Panther Party embraced the CPC baIck in the day and that revolutionary consciousness stayed and evolved. The small % who embraced maga are an anomaly.

Young people of all races no longer rely upon MSM for information in the way their parents did. TikTok and other social media do that. Yes it's largely garbage (as is CNN/Fox/NYT etc) but unlike MSM there are also nuggets of truth.

All that to say the stridency imho will backfire and be ignored which will only increase the stridency and it's concurring oppression. Interesting time, thank you for this Mr Boyd.

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Dingusansich's avatar

That’s a roger, Roger. With so much gaslighting, expect Jack (and Jill) [the] Rippers.

From the playlist:

1. It is difficult to get an apparatchik to understand something when her salary depends on not understanding it.

2. Mr. Prime Minister, we must not allow a mine shaft gap!

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George's avatar
3dEdited

This article is a perfect complement to yours:

https://themindness.substack.com/p/tariffs-as-siege-engines-the-long

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Linda's avatar

USAians have Stockholm Syndrome for their own government. Sad.

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Phil Mills's avatar

The art of fighting without fighting.... Bruce Lee invented that in 1973

Boards don't hit back.. ☺

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