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Toronto Sun
02-05-2025
- Politics
- Toronto Sun
EDITORIAL: Voters reject division and antisemitism
An elector casts a ballot. Photo: Elections Canada One heartening outcome from this week's election is the way voters decisively rejected the politics of hatred and division, refusing to elect candidates or re-elect incumbent MPs who courted the anti-Israel vote. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. SUBSCRIBE TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. REGISTER / SIGN IN TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account. Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments. Enjoy additional articles per month. Get email updates from your favourite authors. THIS ARTICLE IS FREE TO READ REGISTER TO UNLOCK. Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments Enjoy additional articles per month Get email updates from your favourite authors Don't have an account? Create Account As Postmedia journalist Bryan Passifiume reported this week, of the 362 candidates who signed the 'Vote Palestine' platform pledge, only 25 were elected — a 93% failure rate. The pledge, in part, supported a two-way arms embargo on Israel and recognition of the state of Palestine. Out of 362 candidates who signed the pledge, 216 were NDP, 116 were Greens, 28 were Liberals and two represented the Bloc Québécois. Only six New Democrats who signed it were elected, while 18 Liberals won. Some vocal anti-Israel MPs lost their seats, including Niki Ashton, Matthew Green and Joel Harden. Clearly, it wasn't the only reason the NDP was decimated. It is, however, heartening that voters soundly rejected those who used the war in the Middle East to stir division and antisemitism. Several New Democrats smugly wore keffiyehs in Parliament in support of Palestine, in defiance of legislative custom that forbids the use of political props. While the Speaker allowed it, there are reasons for such parliamentary niceties. It maintains the neutrality of the chamber and stops attempts to intimidate free debate. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Liberal Ya'ara Saks was dumped by voters in her Toronto riding. Last year, she was pictured, alongside Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly, arm-in-arm with Mahmoud Abbas, the head of the Palestinian Authority. Voters sent a strong message that they do not support such political grandstanding. She was the only Liberal in Toronto to lose a seat, which speaks volumes about the disgust felt by constituents in her riding. Sara Jama, a former NDP MPP in Ontario, was dumped by her party for statements deemed to be antisemitic. She, too, insisted on wearing the keffiyeh in the provincial legislature, in defiance of a ban by the Speaker. In Ontario's February election, voters overwhelmingly rejected her attempt at re-election as an independent. This should serve as a warning to any politician cynically tempted to use the Gaza war to score political points in this country. Canadians will not tolerate thinly disguised antisemitism in our hallowed legislatures. Break that rule and you'll face the wrath of voters. Toronto & GTA Toronto Maple Leafs Canada Editorial Cartoons Ontario
Toronto Sun
30-04-2025
- Politics
- Toronto Sun
'Vote Palestine' campaign sees minimal success rate on election night
Only 25 of the 362 candidates who signed the 'Vote Palestine' platform pledge were elected on Monday Former Churchill-Keewatinook Aski NDP MP Niki Ashton. Photo by Gino Donato / Postmedia OTTAWA — From the river to the see-you-later. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. SUBSCRIBE TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. REGISTER / SIGN IN TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account. Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments. Enjoy additional articles per month. Get email updates from your favourite authors. THIS ARTICLE IS FREE TO READ REGISTER TO UNLOCK. Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments Enjoy additional articles per month Get email updates from your favourite authors Don't have an account? Create Account Efforts to rally anti-Israel candidates into a pro-Palestine voting block failed miserably on Monday, after only 25 of the 362 candidates who signed the 'Vote Palestine' platform pledge were elected. That represents a 93% failure rate. Candidates who signed the pledge agreed with a number of controversial platform points, including a two-way arms embargo on Israel, ending Canadian support for Israeli settlements, and recognition of the state of Palestine. Candidates also must endorse UNRWA as a legitimate humanitarian presence in the area — an organization with long-standing links to Palestinian terror organizations like Hamas. Last year, Canada was one of 16 nations who followed suit with the United States in pausing their UNRWA funding after these links were made public. Your noon-hour look at what's happening in Toronto and beyond. By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. Please try again This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. The previous Trudeau government resumed funding just months later, in time to fulfill a $25-million installment of that year's $100-million pledge to UNRWA. Of the 362 candidates who signed the pledge, 216 were members of the NDP, 116 were from the Green Party, 28 were Liberals, and two ran for the Bloc Quebecois. Only six NDP signatories won a seat, while 18 were Liberal. Read More The only Green party signatory to win a seat was party leader Elizabeth May — Jonathan Pedneault, who also signed the pledge, failed to win a seat on Monday and has resigned as Green party co-leader. A number of prominent anti-Israel MPs were voted out of office on Monday, including Niki Ashton, Blake Desjarlais , Matthew Green and Joel Harden. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Other incumbent signatories who lost their seat include former NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, Laurel Collins (NDP, Victoria,) Peter Julien (NDP, New Westminster-Burnaby-Maillardville,) Alistair MacGregor (NDP, Cowichan-Malahat-Langford,) Leila Dance (NDP, Elmwood-Transcona,) Brian Masse (NDP, Windsor West,) Lindsay Mathyssen (NDP, London-Fanshawe,) Mike Morrice (Green, Kitchener Centre,) and Bonita Zarrillo (NDP, Port Moody-Coquitlam). Mike Fegelman, executive director of HonestReporting Canada, attributed voters' frustration over continued anti-Israel extremism that's resulted in snarled traffic and persistent — and sometimes violent — protests at Jewish schools, communities and places of worship. 'The complete failure of the 'Vote Palestine' candidates to get elected is a microcosm of their larger movement: Indisputably loud, but ultimately representing a small and radical fringe of Canadian society,' Fegelman told the Toronto Sun. 'Canadians are clearly sick and tired of the incessant extremism coming from the pro-Palestinian movement, and overwhelmingly turfed their candidates in Monday's federal election.' bpassifiume@ X: @bryanpassifiume Toronto Maple Leafs Toronto Maple Leafs Columnists Canada Celebrity
Global News
24-04-2025
- Politics
- Global News
Canada election 2025: Churchill-Keewatinook Aski
See more sharing options Send this page to someone via email Share this item on Twitter Share this item via WhatsApp Share this item on Facebook Churchill-Keewatinook Aski is a federal riding located in Manitoba. This riding is currently represented by NDP MP Niki Ashton who first took office in 2008. Ashton collected 7,632 votes, winning 42.57 per cent of the vote in the 2021 federal election. Voters will decide who will represent Churchill-Keewatinook Aski in Manitoba during the upcoming Canadian election on April 28, 2025. Visit this page on election night for a complete breakdown of up to the minute results. Candidates NDP: Niki Ashton (Incumbent) Liberal: Rebecca Chartrand Conservative: Lachlan De Nardi People's Party: Dylan Young
CBC
26-03-2025
- Politics
- CBC
Liberal candidate looks to take Manitoba's northernmost riding after giving NDP MP 'a good run' in 2015
Rebecca Chartrand says she gave NDP candidate Niki Ashton "a good run for her money" the last time she ran in Manitoba's northernmost riding, and the Liberal candidate says she's now looking to do it again. Chartrand, the president and CEO of Indigenous Strategy, a management consulting company, is running for the federal Liberals in Churchill-Keewatinook Aski, the party confirmed late Tuesday. She'll attempt to unseat the NDP's Niki Ashton, who has won five consecutive elections in the riding. Ashton may have been considered a lock to win the seat again, but polls suggesting the NDP's popularity is sliding could point to an opening for the Liberals and Conservatives to seriously challenge the party's supremacy in a riding the NDP has won 12 times in the last 15 elections. "I see that I have a chance for sure. I think I gave Niki Ashton a good run for her money the last time I ran," Chartrand said, referring to the 2015 election, in which she won 42 per cent of the votes cast (12,575 votes) to Ashon's 45 per cent (13,487 votes). Ashton won the two subsequent elections by at least 3,100 ballots. 'A seat at the table' Chartrand, who is Anishinaabe, Inninew and Métis and from Treaty 4 territory, said Indigenous people "need to have a seat at the table" in a riding where 75 per cent of people identity as Indigenous, according to the 2021 census. "Niki Ashton is not Indigenous. And all things being equal, I think it should be based on the person's skill and what they bring, but democracy also requires change," said Chartrand. "And so I think it's important to bring in some fresh ideas and to bring somebody into a position that's actually going to be in a party that is going to govern this country." Chartrand said the Liberals have wanted her to run in previous elections, but she was busy with her work and children. She felt compelled to run this time as Canadians have galvanized around a "common enemy" in U.S. President Donald Trump amid the ongoing trade war, she said. "With the NDP and their [polling] numbers just plummeting, a vote for Niki Ashton would be a wasted vote and a very critical one at this time in history." CBC requested comment Tuesday night from the NDP for this story. The Conservatives have yet to announce a candidate for the riding. Ashton has been a consistent advocate on Parliament Hill around Indigenous issues and the cost of living. She came under fire last summer when CBC News reported she billed taxpayers for a trip she took to reportedly meet with "stakeholders" over the Christmas holidays in Quebec — travel that included bringing her husband and kids along. She has since paid back some of those expenses. In light of the current trade war, Chartrand said she considers northern Manitoba a "national trade lifeline" the country can no longer ignore. She says if elected she'll advance economic development opportunities in the north, ranging from the railway to the Port of Churchill and the abundance of critical minerals. "I don't think we can see infrastructure in the north as a cost. I think we need to see it as an investment for the rest of Canada."
