Canada’s voting record on Israel at the UN should be commended, not condemned

Instead of standing shoulder-to-shoulder with bigots and anti-Semites against the world’s only Jewish state, Canada advocates for freedom, and equality with its UN votes, the majority of the time.

Israeli President Reuven Rivlin and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau are pictured in Ottawa in April 2019. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY Jakob Glogauer

June 15, 2020

Canada’s UN voting record regarding Israel has been based on its democratic freedoms, its efforts to uphold the rule of law, and for its outstanding record of human rights. In no way should Canada not be elected to the UN Security Council (UNSC) simply because of an

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