Law or no law, Canadians better not criticise Israel

Israel is the third rail of Canadian politics. 


Is Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper inching towards criminalising criticism of Israel?
Since first elected in 2006, his Conservative government has been pointing in that direction. Tiny gestures to be sure. But, taken together, they trouble many Canadians.

The most recent signal came last Monday, when Neil Macdonald, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's senior Washington correspondent, reported on an email exchange he had had with a government spokesperson.

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