Where have all of Canada's Jewish Liberals gone?

HaAretz ^ | 12/25/09 | Sheldon Gordon

[Nachum]

Leaflets mailed to homes in heavily Jewish districts of Canada's major cities last November struck with uncharacteristic ferocity at the political party that Canadian Jews have long favored.

Canada's Liberal Party, the Conservative Party broadsides charged, had "opposed defunding Hamas and asked that Hezbollah be delisted as a terrorist organization." The Liberals had "willingly participated" in the 2001 "overtly antiSemitic" Durban international conference on racism. And Liberal Party leader Michael Ignatieff had "accused Israel of committing war crimes," the leaflets charged.

Only the last charge was incontestably accurate and free of distortion. But the mass mailing reflected a new facet of Canadian politics. With elections expected this spring for a closely divided parliament, the Jewish vote is in play, seen as a swing vote in several key districts that could help tip the balance of national power.

[bmwcyle]

Hollywood?

[kittymyrib]

Canadian Jews will vote for those who hate Israel, just as American Jews do.

[SkyDancer]

Florida .....

[Nonstatist]

Canadian Jews will vote for those who hate Israel, just as American Jews do.

I'm afraid you're wrong, nitwit. Over half the Jews in England and Canada vote for the conservative political party, and those numbers are going to be even higher in the future. Did you even bother to read the article?

[festusbanjo]

They became successful and finally figured out that the “rich” that the NDP and Liberals have blamed everything on and whose income they threaten to come after is actually them.

[FreeAtlanta]

Nonstatist, please don't conduct personal attacks on fellow FRiends.

I do pray and hope that America's and Canada's Jewish population will turn to conservative politicians. It is for their's and America's best interest.

[grumpa]

Amen

[Nonstatist]

Canadian Jews will vote for those who hate Israel, just as American Jews do.

On another board that would be considered unnecesarily inflamatory , if not bigotted. Please do not lecture me on decorum.

[FreeAtlanta]

I was referring to kittymyrib as a “nitwit”.

[FreeAtlanta]

I was referring to kittymyrib as a “nitwit”.

[Nonstatist]

“I was referring to .. “nitwit”.

Yea, no kidding, you want the last word. Maybe I should call people who live in Congressional Districts that have pro-choice congressmen "people who tolerate and honor "murderers " or some such whatever. Tell you what..apologize for your pedantic sanctimonious nonsense or take a hike.