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Canada and Israel: Building Apartheid- A lecture by Yves Engler
November 17, 2010
Many Canadians are concerned about Harper’s “Israel no matter what” policy and his claims that Canadian values are Israeli values. They are concerned by the Harper government's open attacks and defunding of groups who in any way have defended the rights of Palestinians. Under Harper, the Canadian government was the first country to cut assistance with the Palestinian Authority after Hamas won the legislative elections while it starting funding a Palestinian security force to oversee Israel's occupation. Representing a fringe right-wing religious movement, Harper sees eye to eye with Benjamin Netanyahu's right-wing Israeli government. Guest speakerYves Engler will present on these issues and outline the significance of the Harper government's “Israel no matter what” policy.
About Yves Engler Former Vice President of the Concordia Student Union, Yves Engler was expelled from Concordia in the aftermath of the September 2002 protests against Benjamin Netanyahu. He has four published books: The Black Book of Canadian Foreign Policy (Shortlisted for the Mavis Gallant Prize for Non Fiction in the Quebec Writers’ Federation Literary Awards), Playing Left Wing: From Rink Rat to Student Radical and (with Anthony Fenton) Canada in Haiti: Waging War on The Poor Majority and the just-released Canada and Israel: Building Apartheid. For Further Information Visit http://yvesengler.com/
Time: 7:00pm-10:00pm
Venue: Ryerson University (Room SCC 115)
Location: 55 Gould Street (Ryerson University Student Center) Toronto, ON
Website: http://www.sphr.org
For information contact: sphr@ryerson.ca
Categories: Politics & Political Organizations
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