Thank you, Canada
I'm proud of our neighbors to the north today.Canada became the first country to sever relations and cut tens of millions of dollars in aid to the new Palestinian government yesterday for its refusal to renounce violence and recognize Israel.
"There will be no contact and no funds, period," Foreign Affairs Minister Peter MacKay said after a meeting with the Conservative caucus. "We cannot send any direct aid to an organization that refuses to renounce terrorist activity, refuses to renounce violence."
MacKay said Canada will resume economic help only if Hamas - which opposes peace talks and whose charter calls for the annihilation of Israel - agrees to change its policies.
