Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre slammed Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s position on South Africa’s genocide claim against Israel on Monday, calling it “incomprehensible” and accusing the prime minister and Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly of deliberately giving answers no one can understand.
Trudeau told reporters two weeks ago that Canada’s “wholehearted” support for the International Court of Justice (ICJ), which is adjudicating South Africa’s case against Israel, “does not mean we support the premise of the case brought forward by South Africa.”
Joly released a written statement hours later echoing Trudeau’s language and adding that proving genocidal intent requires a high threshold of evidence.
Sources told CBC News last week that the wording
