Foreign Minister Melanie Joly chose not to provide a comment on Tuesday regarding records that showed her office had approved funding for a group that had described Israel as a "sadistic" perpetrator of war crimes..According to Blacklock’s Reporter, Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East said that some Canadians were “cheering on Israel” after it got attacked by terrorists..Records showed the Canadians for Justice has received $5,825 in grants from the Canada Summer Jobs program since 2018. .This program is unique because it depends on individual MPs to evaluate and give the green light to funding requests from their home ridings..Program documents indicate Minister Joly’s office approved funding for Canadians for Justice in 2018 in her riding of Ahuntsic-Cartierville, QC. Liberal MP Emmanuella Lambropoulos (Saint-Laurent, QC) approved a separate grant for the same group in her riding in 2020, records showed..Joly issued no comment and Lambropoulos said she did not remember the grant application..“I don’t remember them being funded,” said Lambropoulos. .“I have never endorsed them.”.The Canada Summer Jobs program is typically oversubscribed, with thousands of applicants denied funding. According to an official estimate, 2,031 applications were rejected nationwide from 2018 to 2020..Cabinet in 2018 enforced a new policy mandating that all Canada Summer Jobs grant applicants sign a government oath stating “Both the job and the organization’s core mandate respect individual human rights in Canada including the values underlying the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms as well as other rights.”.Canadians for Justice is a charity that gets federal tax dollars. Some of the directors are from Carleton, Ottawa, and Western Universities. Also, a former NDP MP Libby Davies (Vancouver East, BC) is involved..On Tuesday, Canadians for Justice said that some Canadians were “cheering on Israel” after Hamas terrorists attacked Israel on Saturday. About 4,426 people in Israel were murdered and most of them were Jewish..“This is an extraordinarily dangerous moment,” wrote Canadians for Justice. .“Instead of cheering on Israel as it takes out its revenge on the people of Gaza, Canada should be working with international partners to stop the bloodshed and hold Israel to its obligations under international law.”.“Take action now,” the group said in a Facebook post. .“We are appalled the Trudeau government remains silent on Israel’s brutal and wanton violence.”.“Where are the condemnations from Canadian politicians?” it wrote. .The group, in a series of weekend messages on its Twitter feed, also accused Israel of “genocidal statements,” “brutal daily violence,” “anti-Palestinian racism,” and “barbaric attacks.” .Israel committed “war crimes in broad daylight,” it wrote. .“This is a sadistic act.”
Foreign Minister Melanie Joly chose not to provide a comment on Tuesday regarding records that showed her office had approved funding for a group that had described Israel as a "sadistic" perpetrator of war crimes..According to Blacklock’s Reporter, Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East said that some Canadians were “cheering on Israel” after it got attacked by terrorists..Records showed the Canadians for Justice has received $5,825 in grants from the Canada Summer Jobs program since 2018. .This program is unique because it depends on individual MPs to evaluate and give the green light to funding requests from their home ridings..Program documents indicate Minister Joly’s office approved funding for Canadians for Justice in 2018 in her riding of Ahuntsic-Cartierville, QC. Liberal MP Emmanuella Lambropoulos (Saint-Laurent, QC) approved a separate grant for the same group in her riding in 2020, records showed..Joly issued no comment and Lambropoulos said she did not remember the grant application..“I don’t remember them being funded,” said Lambropoulos. .“I have never endorsed them.”.The Canada Summer Jobs program is typically oversubscribed, with thousands of applicants denied funding. According to an official estimate, 2,031 applications were rejected nationwide from 2018 to 2020..Cabinet in 2018 enforced a new policy mandating that all Canada Summer Jobs grant applicants sign a government oath stating “Both the job and the organization’s core mandate respect individual human rights in Canada including the values underlying the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms as well as other rights.”.Canadians for Justice is a charity that gets federal tax dollars. Some of the directors are from Carleton, Ottawa, and Western Universities. Also, a former NDP MP Libby Davies (Vancouver East, BC) is involved..On Tuesday, Canadians for Justice said that some Canadians were “cheering on Israel” after Hamas terrorists attacked Israel on Saturday. About 4,426 people in Israel were murdered and most of them were Jewish..“This is an extraordinarily dangerous moment,” wrote Canadians for Justice. .“Instead of cheering on Israel as it takes out its revenge on the people of Gaza, Canada should be working with international partners to stop the bloodshed and hold Israel to its obligations under international law.”.“Take action now,” the group said in a Facebook post. .“We are appalled the Trudeau government remains silent on Israel’s brutal and wanton violence.”.“Where are the condemnations from Canadian politicians?” it wrote. .The group, in a series of weekend messages on its Twitter feed, also accused Israel of “genocidal statements,” “brutal daily violence,” “anti-Palestinian racism,” and “barbaric attacks.” .Israel committed “war crimes in broad daylight,” it wrote. .“This is a sadistic act.”
