Canada Stands Up
Charles Johnson
Mon Feb 20, 2006 at 7:39 pm PST • Views: 243
Canada is standing firm tonight, but the pressure on the new government must be immense: Change stance or lose funding, Canada tells Hamas.
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada will not help fund a new Hamas-led Palestinian government unless the militant group rejects violence and agrees to recognize Israel, Foreign Minister Peter MacKay said on Monday.
He also said Canada was reviewing the C$25 million ($22 million) it gives each year to the Palestinian Authority to fund aid projects.
MacKay was sworn in two weeks ago as part of the new right-of-center Conservative government, which defenders of the Jewish state hope will come down more on Israel’s side than the previous Liberal administration.
I rarely speak to an entire country, but please, Canada … hold your ground. And don’t accept empty promises from Hamas salesmen, which are surely about to be given.
Frank says: