Ottawa: ‘Pride Toronto’ and Israel

"The scamble to lock up the Jewish votes in Canada meant selling out our widely admired and long-established reputation of fairness and justice," Robert Fowler, retired Canadian diplomat, speaking at Liberal Party conference on Canadian Foreign Policy

Canada's Stephen Harpar (listed as "Author" in Israel Hasbara Committee) government has decided not to fund the 'Pride Toronto' gay parade to be held between June 25 to July 4, 2010 in Toronto this year. Last year Ottawa had donated 397,500 dollars. Harper government has come up with several excuses except the religious ones, in support of its decision, however, many critics believe that it has all to do with a group (Queers Against Israeli Apartheid) in the parade showing support for Palestinian cause. They base their opinion on Bernie Farber's (CEO Canadian Jewish Congress, an Israel lobby group) statement in daily Toronto Star: "Anything that promotes the destruction, demonizationand delegitimization of Israel, the only Jewish state, is inherently anti-Semitic". Ironically, it's no true because most of Israelis are either non-practicing Jews or outright atheists. Interestingly, in 2009 Bernie Farber attended the Toronto Gay Parade wearing a T-shirt emblazoned "NOBODY KNOWS I'M GAY" along with daily Toronto Star's columinst, Antonia Zerbisias.

The best of the CJC-gay tangle is a column by no other than one of the 12 famous American Islamophobes, Mark Steyn, the author of anti-Muslim book 'America Alone', suggesting that increasing Muslim population in Europe and North America poses a grave threat to western civilization.

Michael Lucas, former famous Jewish-porn actor, told Israeli soldiers after their military humiliation in 34-day war with Hizb'Allah in Summer 2006: "I will expose the reality that the people of Israel face right now, especially the gay Israelis, who are targeted by the hate of Hezbollah". Incidently, Tel Aviv prides itself as The Pink City.

Last year, Harper government defunded one of Canada's largest Christian charity, KAIROS, for doing charity work in Gazzah. On February 3, 2010 - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), released a video showing Stephen Harper being Canada's most pro-Israel Prime Minister.

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