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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 500

Canadian elections

Canadian Conservative Party leadership candidate Peter MacKay during a campaign event, January 2020 (courtesy)
July 22, 2020, 4:52 pm
Canadian would-be PM seeks greater role in peace process, is wary of annexation
Peter MacKay, front-runner in Conservative Party’s upcoming leadership race, vows to immediately move embassy to Jerusalem, calls for ‘enormous sustained pressure’ on Iran
By Raphael Ahren
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, accompanied by his youngest son Hadrien Trudeau, waits in line to cast his vote on election day at a polling station on October 21, 2019 in Montreal, Canada. (Minas Panagiotakis/Getty Images/AFP)
October 22, 2019, 8:41 am
Trudeau’s Liberals win Canada elections, will form minority government
46-year-old PM loses some power, but overcomes challenge from Conservative Andrew Scheer, who had vowed to move Israel embassy to Jerusalem
By AFP and ToI Staff
Canadian Sheikh Younus Kathrada of Victoria, British Columbia, gives a sermon on October 11, 2019. (Screen capture: Middle East Media Research Institute)
October 15, 2019, 4:35 pm
Canadian imam: ‘Filthy’ candidates in elections support Zionism, homosexuality
Sheikh Younus Kathrada warns Muslims they will be judged if they vote for Jews or Christians next week: ‘They are all evil’
By ToI Staff
In this photo from October 10, 2019, Conservative Party leader Andrew Scheer speaks during a press conference following the Federal leaders French language debate at the Canadian Museum of History in Gatineau, Quebec. (Dave Chan/AFP)
October 14, 2019, 10:31 am
Trudeau’s main challenger would move Canada’s embassy to Jerusalem
Pro-Israel conservative Andrew Scheer has also vowed to list Iran’s Revolutionary Guards as a terror entity if he wins next week’s Canadian elections
By AFP and ToI Staff
A Canadian flag flies in the wind on Center Court during Day 1 of the Rogers Cup at the Aviva Center on July 25, 2016 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. (Vaughn Ridley/Getty Images/via JTA/File)
July 29, 2019, 11:25 pm
Canada won’t reschedule elections that fall on Jewish holiday
Lawsuit had argued that holding federal vote on October 21, which is Shemini Atzeret, one of the last days of the Sukkot holiday, discriminates against observant Jews
By Marcy Oster
A Canadian flag flies in the wind in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on July 25, 2016. (Vaughn Ridley/Getty Images/JTA)
July 24, 2019, 9:57 am
Court orders review of Canadian election date that falls on Sukkot
Decision comes after Jewish candidate Chani Aryeh-Bain sues on religious freedom grounds
By ToI Staff and JTA
A Canadian flag flies in the wind in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on July 25, 2016. (Vaughn Ridley/Getty Images/JTA)
July 22, 2019, 5:52 pm
Jewish group sues Canadian government over election on Jewish holiday
Holding vote on Sukkot ‘sends a message to the community that it does not count,’ says B’nai Brith
By JTA and ToI Staff
The Canadian flag (Vaughn Ridley/Getty Images via JTA)
June 15, 2019, 10:21 am
Lawsuit challenges holding of Canadian national election on Jewish holiday
Suit filed by a Jewish candidate and a voter says holding of elections on Shemini Atzeret would prevent observant Jews from casting their ballots
By Marcy Oster
Andrew Scheer, leader of the Conservative Party of Canada, smiles during an event at the Montreal Council on Foreign Relations (MCFR), at the Marriott Chateau Champlain in Montreal on May 7, 2019. (Photo by Sebastien St-Jean / AFP)
May 8, 2019, 12:53 am
Canadian who has vowed Jerusalem embassy move kicks off election bid
Conservative Party chairman Andrew Scheer, a staunch Israel supporter, begins campaign to unseat Justin Trudeau in October, with speech promising tougher stance on China
By AFP and ToI Staff
Stephane Dion, right, welcoming UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to Canada on February 11, 2016. (UN/Evan Schneider)
March 30, 2016, 2:44 pm
Severing Iran ties did nothing for us, new Canadian FM says
Stéphane Dion says 2012 move was useless for everyone, including Israel, vows to ramp up relationship but not remain silent ‘when we see Iran move in the wrong direction’
By Tamar Pileggi
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau answers a question during question period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, on Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2015. (Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press via AP)
December 10, 2015, 4:38 am
Syrians to arrive in Canada on first government flights Thursday
Liberal Trudeau government moves ahead with pledge to resettle 25,000 refugees by the end of February
By Rob Gillies
Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau waves as he boards his plane en route to Calgary, Sunday, Oct. 18, 2015 in Edmonton. (Paul Chiasson/The Canadian Press via AP)
October 19, 2015, 6:18 am
On eve of election, Canadian-Iranians urge human rights in Tehran
Signed by dissidents, academics, letter says Iranians ‘deprived’ of ‘free and fair election,’ urges action on Canadians jailed in Iran
By ToI Staff
Illustrative photo of the niqab. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash 90)
September 16, 2015, 4:49 am
Canada court lets women wear veil for citizenship oath
Ruling overturns controversial Harper government ban on face coverings at such ceremonies
By AP
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