With deep divisions on Israel-Hamas war, could foreign policy become a ballot-box issue?

'I think foreign policy will be a bigger issue in this election than it has been in the last several elections,' says pollster Frank Graves.

Federal leaders, including Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, left, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, and Green Party Leader Elizabeth May, have spent the last several months contesting domestic issues, but the Israel-Hamas war has put foreign policy at centre stage.The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

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BY NEIL MOSS

November 15, 2023

Foreign policy has a history of largely being the forgotten issue when Canadians go to the polls. But with inflamed divisions over Canada’s response to the Israel-Hamas war, coupled with a mounting series of geopolitical crises, some believe the next election could be shap...

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