Something Very Interesting Is Happening Within The Liberal Party

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An internal divide appears to be growing over anti-Semitism and to what extent Canadian values should be sacrificed to political expediency.

Something is happening in the Liberal Party.

A divide appears to be growing between those who are troubled by the ‘look the other way’ approach to anti-Semitism, and those who are unwilling to pretend it’s not happening.

For quite some time, elements within the Liberal Party, have sought to pander to or ignore the fact that some segments of his country are deeply anti-Semitic.

Some Liberal MPs have attended events with known anti-Semites, and have even been pictured next to anti-Semitic & anti-Israel signs.

This has seemingly been done for political expediency, as certain ridings in the country have large communities that tend to hold some anti-Semitic attitudes, and the Liberals want those votes.

The only reason the Liberals have gotten away with it is because those communities are considered ‘diverse,’ and it seems that a combination of ‘diversity’ and anti-Semitism scrambles the brains of the establishment media, who can’t decide whether people are victims or victimizers and instead avoid the issue entirely.

But this careful and largely hidden dynamic has been wrecked by the Laith Marouf scandal.

No longer can the Liberal government evade attention, and the revelation that they gave over $130,000 of our taxpayer dollars to an organization led by someone who has repeatedly made anti-Semitic comments has invited widespread condemnation.

A Liberal government official also described someone charged with glorifying terrorism as “a friend of Canada.”

Here’s where the divide within the Liberal Party comes in.

Some MPs have responded with clear condemnations, and Anthony Housefather had even revealed he warned Ahmed Hussen for quite some time about Marouf:

“Liberal MP Anthony Housefather says Diversity Minister Ahmed Hussen was warned about anti-Semitic tweets by a government-funded anti-racism consultant before the issue was reported on widely, and that Hussen should have acted earlier to cut funding.”

“Pleased that the contract with CMAC has been ended & that CMAC needs to account for its hiring of Marouf. But we need to also ensure that the Ministry of Canadian Heritage accepts accountability. We need a thorough review & measures taken to stop this happening again.”

“The disgusting antisemitism of Mr. Marouf & what has occurred makes me very angry. There is a feeling in my community that antisemitism is tolerated more than other forms of hate in North America today. We need zero tolerance in gov’t & civil society. It can’t be normalized.”

“Myself and @AHousefather vehemently object to Jibril Rajoub being described as friend of Canada. He has been charged with glorifying terrorism, and is guilty of inciting hatred and violence against Israelis by politicizing sport. He does not share our values as Canadians.””

Other MPs responded differently, launching vicious attacks against those who ‘dared’ to criticize the government.

Here’s what Liberal MP Chris Bittle had to say, attacking Michael Geist:

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Geist pushed back:

“I’m the grandson of holocaust survivors who thinks it shouldn’t be too much to ask the Heritage Minister to say something – anything – about officials in his department funding an anti-semite despite multiple warnings. Instead, the Parliamentary Secretary suggests I’m racist.”

Bittle has since apologized, after a massive backlash.

The difference in response between Liberal MPs has been stark.

Some have said nothing.

Some – like Housefather – took a principled stand.

Others – like Bittle – went into attack mode.

Trudeau’s relative absence

What is most notable at all is the muted response from Trudeau.

We all remember that Trudeau is the first to jump in front of a camera and start crying when he sees a chance to denounce ‘bigotry’ in an electorally advantageous way.

Yet where is that rapidity of response and strength of emotion here?

Trudeau has spent years accusing his opponents of being racist, yet when the government has ties to people spouting rhetoric that wouldn’t be out of place in 1930’s Germany, he acts as if nothing is going on.

As strange as it may seem to say – and as much as many Liberal MPs would probably disagree at first – those MPs who have stood on principle may increasingly find that the Liberals are no longer their party.

If that does indeed come to pass, they would be welcomed by the growing number of Canadians who can’t stomach the increasingly authoritarian and anti-Canadian direction of the Trudeau government.

Spencer Fernando

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