Support from Israel Lobby for Mulcair NDP leadership bid

[bud]

this is interesting:

With voting underway to elect the new leader of Canada’s New Democratic Party and just two weeks until the leadership convention, Independent Jewish Voices Canada (IJV) has discovered information indicating that key players at the highest levels in Canada’s Israel Lobby are backing the candidacy of Thomas Mulcair. This same apparent Lobby is also linked to the Stephen Harper's government prevailing pro-war agenda in the Middle East.

The newly revealed Israel Lobby support for Mulcair’s NDP leadership bid includes donations from David Mayhood, a former chair of various fundraising programs at the United Israel Appeal Federation of Greater Toronto, an organization which raises millions of dollars for Israel advocacy and the “centrality of Israel” and partners with the Strauss Group, a company targeted for its questionable practices by the international Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement; and accolades from Shimon Koffler Fogel, CEO of the Canada-Israel Committee, who has called Mulcair “ courageous” for his one-sided support of Israel, because Mulcair has, in Fogel’s estimation, “consistently challenged the radical element that has sought to capture the soul of their party.”

Others contributions to Mulcair’s campaign include one from Brent Belzberg, past co-chair of the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs (CIJA); the endorsement of former NDP MP Lorne Nystrom, who is currently a board member of CIJA; a donation from CIJA board member Joel Reitman; and another from Alvin Segal, who is a board member of the Canada-Israel Chamber of Commerce.

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luckily, support for mulcair continues to go down.

Edited March 16, 2012 by bud

[punked]

He is the MP from Mount Royal do you think he is crazy? Of course he supports Isreal.

Edited March 16, 2012 by punked

[huh]

So backing is controlling? O..sorry, i forgot the in your own mind part.

[bud]

So backing is controlling? O..sorry, i forgot the in your own mind part.

that's the title of the column i posted from the canadian.

Edited March 16, 2012 by bud

[cybercoma]

Jews supporting a candidate from Outremount? I'm shocked. The population there is only 10% Jewish. It's almost inconceivable.

[PIK]

It is sickening that they use the jews to scare people. Nice party.

[Jack Weber]

This pleases me to no end...

Where are the lefty kooks going to go if Mulcair wins the thing?

[bud]

it's about the groups who are supporting mulcair. the same ones who support wars and the settlements on palestinian land. the same ones who are in bed with harper.

Independent Jewish Voices Canada (IJV) is the group who wrote the column.

you guys must resist the urge to lump all jews into one group.

[UofGPolitico]

This pleases me to no end...

Where are the lefty kooks going to go if Mulcair wins the thing?

The Libby Davies Congress will register as a new political party the day after Mulcair wins

[bud]

i'm curious to know if those who are backing mulcair, know that mulcair is an opportunist who approached the conservatives for a cabinet seat if he were to run as a conservative:

‘A senior Tory says Mr. Mulcair demanded a Cabinet post as the price for him joining the party — a price Prime Minister Stephen Harper was not willing to pay’

topp is right:

“I believe if there are two Liberal parties in front of the people of Canada at the next election, people will vote for the real one,” Mr. Topp has said.

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[mentalfloss]

Topp is wrong.

At worst, there will be an even split between Liberals and NDP in a Conservative minority next election. This would actually be the best mix the country can get as both opposition parties will co-operate on moderate matters and no one can let ideology get the best of them.

[cybercoma]

i'm curious to know if those who are backing mulcair, know that mulcair is an opportunist who approached the conservatives for a cabinet seat if he were to run as a conservative:

‘A senior Tory says Mr. Mulcair demanded a Cabinet post as the price for him joining the party — a price Prime Minister Stephen Harper was not willing to pay’

Conenient that it just comes out now right in the middle of the leadership race and before the vote. Don't you think? I guess if you don't have dirt on someone, you might as well make it up. Harper also tried to paint Muclair's dual-citizenship as a problem and was thoroughly abused by Mulcair in response. This comes out a few weeks later.

And how do we know that the Conservatives didn't approach him? In response, he could have sarcastically told them he would only join them if they gave him a cabinet position. The fact of the matter is that he didn't join them. His seat would have been a landmark victory for the Tories and there's almost no doubt that he would have gotten a cabinet position.

Edited March 21, 2012 by cybercoma

[cybercoma]

Topp is wrong.

At worst, there will be an even split between Liberals and NDP in a Conservative minority next election. This would actually be the best mix the country can get as both opposition parties will co-operate on moderate matters and no one can let ideology get the best of them.

The mistake is that he thinks the Liberals are actually a leftwing party. If they got back to where they had the most support, this wouldn't be true at all.

[fellowtraveller]

Looks like Mulcair will win pretty easily.

I'm going to pop some popcorn and enjoy the gong show when he attempts to explain how he'll manage oil sands development when he becomes PM. Actually, he'll be explaining how he'll manage Canada and pay for all those new social programs without any money.

Edited March 21, 2012 by fellowtraveller

[mentalfloss]

Looks like Mulcair will win pretty easily.

I'm going to pop some popcorn and enjoy the gong show when he attempts to explain how he'll manage oil sands development when he becomes PM. Actually, he'll be explaining how he'll manage Canada and pay for all those new social programs without any money.

Maybe he'll create some actual revenue instead of banking on illegitimate cuts.

[fellowtraveller]

Maybe he'll create some actual revenue instead of banking on illegitimate cuts.

They can call him Magic Mulcair when he hacks development and stimulates the economy at the same time. In the meantime, the laidoff oilpatch workers can go back to Ontario to work in a flourishing manufacturing industry. Would you like to try some of this lovely crack I am enjoying?