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New Brunswick Green Leader Defends Attendance at Antisemitic Event

June 2, 2021 FREDERICTON, N.B. – The leader of New Brunswick’s Green Party is doubling down on his attendance at an anti-Israel event, held in breach of provincial health orders, where attendees used antisemitic and pro-Hamas rhetoric. David Coon, whose party holds three out of the 49 seats in the provincial legislature, addressed an anti-Israel protest …

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B’nai Brith Marks Historic Moment in Federal Politics

October 4, 2020 B’nai Brith Canada TORONTO – In a historic moment for Canada, Annamie Paul has become the first Jewish woman to lead a major federal political party and the first Black woman to lead one on a permanent basis. In results unveiled yesterday evening, Paul triumphed over seven other contenders to win the leadership of the …

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Former Green Party Candidate Makes Holocaust Denial Video

By Aidan Fishman Campus Advocacy Co-ordinator B’nai Brith Canada Monika Schaefer, who stood as the Green Party of Canada’s candidate in the Alberta riding of Yellowhead in 2006, 2008 and 2011, is denying the Holocaust in a homemade Youtube video. Schaefer has also taken credit for convincing Green Party Leader Elizabeth May to submit a 9/11 conspiracy …

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Green Party Rejects BDS, Calls for Boycott of ‘Illegal Israel’

On Saturday, Dec. 3, the Green Party of Canada amended its previous resolution which was in favour of adopting the antisemitic boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement in Canada. B’nai Brith Canada acknowledges the Green Party has now adopted the same stance as their peers in the Federal and Ontario Provincial Governments in explicitly rejecting …

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Green Party Justice Critic says Netanyahu Shouldn’t be Allowed into Canada

By Tevy Pilc Staff Writer/Researcher B’nai Brith Canada A prominent member of the Green Party of Canada thinks Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu should be barred from entering Canada. Dimitri Lascaris made his remarks about Netanyahu after he was introduced as justice critic in the shadow cabinet of the Green Party at a “town hall …

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Green Party Announces Special Meeting to Reconsider Anti-Israel Boycott Movement

By Aidan Fishman, Campus Advocacy Coordinator B’nai Brith Canada Mere weeks after the Green Party voted to adopt the antisemitic boycott movement against Israel (BDS) at its annual convention, Party Leader Elizabeth May has announced a special general meeting to reconsider the resolution, along with other matters. May made the announcement during a news conference called to …

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Green Party Sends Email to Members Questioning Anti-Israel Boycott Endorsement

By Aidan Fishman Campus Advocacy Coordinator B’nai Brith Canada Green Party of Canada members have received an email from one of their highest-ranking officials asking them to reconsider the party’s adoption of the anti-Israel boycott movement (BDS) at last Sunday’s convention in Ottawa. The email, distributed Thursday afternoon and obtained by B’nai Brith Canada, is …

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Former Green Party President Reacts to Party Endorsement of BDS: “It’s Sickening”

By Reut Cohen B’nai Brith Canada Paul Estrin, the former president of the Green Party of Canada, expressed severe concerns over the party’s endorsement of the boycott movement against Israel at its convention this past weekend. “The BDS movement has duped yet another organization into supporting hate and acts of segregation,” said Estrin in an …

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B’nai Brith, JNF Irate over Green Party’s Anti-Israel Policy

During its weekend convention in Ottawa, the Green Party of Canada added support for the anti-Israel boycott movement (BDS) to its official roster of policies. “With the Green Party’s support for unfairly singling out the world’s only Jewish state for contempt, it has firmly entrenched itself beyond the fringe of mainstream Canadian politics,” said Michael …

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