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Tuesday, November 10, 2015
From the Liveblog of
Tuesday, November 10, 2015
Nobody minded when we started backing Israel at UN — Baird
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleBaird says when he came into office. he wondered why Canada voted against Israel in the UN, and ordered diplomats to match the voting record of the US.
Baird says he warned it was the biggest change in Canadian diplomacy and would destroy relations with the Arab but says in the end nobody cared — not even the Palestinians.
He says he was asked how Israel coerced him to speak on Israel’s behalf at the UN, but responded that Canada “pro-actively offered it” saying it was “the right thing to do,” to lukewarm applause.
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