Stop the Double Standard
Prime Minister Carney says “lecturing countries from afar is an ineffective strategy.”
Canada is deepening engagement with countries like Qatar, China, and Turkey — despite profound disagreements and deeply troubling human rights records.
Yet with Israel, Canada has chosen a different approach: punitive measures and sanctions.
We have seen repeatedly how hostility toward Israel is weaponized to target Jewish Canadians — at schools and universities, outside synagogues, at Jewish-owned businesses, and in Jewish neighbourhoods.
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Canada has chosen punitive measures against Israel.
Earlier this month, Canada joined the UK and France in announcing plans to “ban the importation of goods from settlements and enforce targeted measures against settlements and those who facilitate them or profit from them.”
Prime Minister Carney will now join his British and French counterparts in co-chairing a meeting at the UN General Assembly to advance their efforts and “pursue peace.”
The UN has a longstanding double standard toward Israel.
The United Nations has repeatedly subjected Israel to a level of scrutiny and condemnation not applied consistently to other countries.
According to UN Watch, between 2015 and 2024, the UN General Assembly adopted 173 resolutions against Israel — more than twice the 80 adopted against all other countries combined, including serious human rights offenders such as North Korea, Myanmar and Russia.
Canada takes a different approach with other countries.
Prime Minister Carney has said that “lecturing countries from afar is an ineffective strategy,” and his government has pursued engagement with countries including Qatar, China, and Turkey despite profound disagreements and serious human rights concerns.
The double standard has consequences here at home.
Jewish Canadians are experiencing unprecedented levels of antisemitism while synagogues and other Jewish institutions require extraordinary security simply to gather.
At the same time, our own security officials are warning that hostility toward Israel is being weaponized against Canadians.