Heather McPherson has suddenly become one of the most important MPs in Ottawa

The NDP MP is not just standing up for Palestinians, but for a rules-based order that the world needs reaffirmed at this moment in history, and which too many Canadian politicians are betraying. Why did she work so hard to get her Israel-Gaza motion passed? 'Because 13,000 children have died in this war,' she said.

NDP MP Heather McPherson, pictured on the Hill, said of her motion which was passed by the House on March 18: 'Thanks to our motion, Canada is the first G7 country to stop sending weapons to [Israel's] extremist government.'The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY DOUGLAS ROCHE

March 25, 2024

EDMONTON—Heather McPherson, the NDP's foreign affairs critic who, on March 18, steered through the House a groundbreaking motion banning arms sales to Israel, has suddenly become one of the most important parliamentarians in Ottawa. She got the government to bend to her hu...

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