Pro-Hizballah Canadian MP Quits
Charles Johnson
Thu Aug 24, 2006 at 8:24 am PDT • Views: 292
Another terrorist-enabling Canadian politician bites the dust: Canadian lawmaker ousted for proposing talks with Hezbollah.
OTTAWA (AFP) - A Canadian lawmaker resigned his job as the opposition’s assistant foreign affairs critic over comments last week touting dialogue with Hezbollah that sparked a furor in Ottawa.
Liberal MP Borys Wrzesnewskyj proposed during a visit to war-torn Lebanon that Canada should try to negotiate with the militant group to secure a lasting ceasefire between Hezbollah and Israel.
But Hezbollah is on Ottawa’s list of banned terror groups, thus all direct contact is prohibited. Wrzesnewskyj called on Ottawa to soften its anti-terror legislation to facilitate talks.
“Hezbollah has a political wing. They have members of Parliament. They have two cabinet ministers. You want to encourage politicians in this military organization so that the centre of gravity shifts to them,” he was quoted as saying.
The comments sparked a backlash within his own party with fellow Liberals demanding his resignation, as well as analogies between Hezbollah and Nazis from the governing Conservatives.
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