Why Canada’s vote on Palestine at the UN matters

Canada can do better. Reassessing criteria for how it votes seems like a good place to start.

François-Philippe Champagne, Canada's newly appointed top diplomat, was sworn in on the heels of Canada's decision to back the UN resolution on the right of the Palestinian people to self-determination.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY TERRY REMPEL

December 17, 2019

Canada’s vote in favour of a draft resolution at the UN General Assembly on the right of the Palestinian people to self-determination has generated significant commentary. It did not take long for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to reaffirm Canada’s friendship with ...

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