The @CPC_HQ’s new leader is promoting a backwards foreign policy agenda which would violate principles of human rights and int’l law.
@ErinOTooleMP wants Canada to increase support for Israeli and Saudi war crimes, and punish Palestinian refugees and activists [thread]. #cpc
O’Toole wants to follow Trump in moving the Canadian Embassy to Jerusalem. This would formally recognize Israel’s illegal annexation of occupied East Jerusalem. He calls himself a “pioneer within the party” on this issue. thej.ca/2020/06/07/in-…
O’Toole wants to restore ties and “win some trust” with Saudi Arabia, a brutal regime which is carrying out a devastating war in Yemen. If anything, Canada should be cancelling its arms contracts, not increasing them. #StopArmingSaudi cbc.ca/news/politics/…
O’Toole wants to stop funding the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA), which he has demonized as “terrorist” supporters. erinotoole.ca/platform/forei…
O’Toole opposed an investigation after Israel killed dozens of protestors in Gaza and shot Canadian doctor Tarek Loubani in 2018 (Israel would go on to kill >200 and injure >36,000) ipolitics.ca/2018/05/23/no-…
O’Toole opposed Canada’s single vote for Palestinian self-determination at the UN in 2019, calling it “Israel-bashing.” cbc.ca/radio/thehouse…
O’Toole voted to condemn the nonviolent boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) movement in 2016, and slandered Canadians who boycott Israel as antisemites. erinotoolemp.com/2016/02/18/bus…; erinotoolemp.com/2016/02/18/bus…
Oh, and O’Toole spoke at the AIPAC conference in 2019, America’s largest pro-Israel lobby group.
He’s a friend to those who fight to perpetuate Israeli oppression and Palestinian suffering.
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