They didn't just write a tweet. The Foreign Affairs Minister made a statement yesterday, as mentioned in CBC's coverage. No, they didn't make any threats to Israel or anything like that, but an official statement is more than a tweet.
Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand called that decision "unacceptable" in a statement on Thursday.
"Serious failures were identified in the conduct of the strike, and closing the case without further accountability leaves their families without the answers they have sought for more than two years," she said, adding that humanitarian workers in conflict zones must be protected.
"Canada expects international humanitarian law to be upheld and will continue pressing for a full accounting of what happened, along with justice for the seven workers who were killed and their families."
Sometimes things take way longer than we would like. This statement says they want humanitarian law applied, which may mean the case will be taken to The Hague.
I don't think you've been paying much attention to the many actions and statements of government. The current Canadian government has been twisting itself into knots to not hold Israel accountable.
Consider that Canada's position was to accept having Israel investigate itself in the first place, while Israel is actively working all the time to undermine fundamental systems of international law and is engaged in genocide. Canadian foreign policy wrt Israel is and has been utterly pathetic. How many times has Anand squirmed her way through interviews and official statements trying to look like the government she's part of gives a shit while actually defending the practices and standards of the Israeli government as the Israeli government displays constant contempt for international law and for Canada?
That is more than just a tweet. It is an explicit public statement of government policy, and an implicit statement that there is a lot going on behind the scenes, out of the public eye, based on the position taken in the public statement.
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mycodesucks@lemmy.world · 27 pts · 23h
Could be worse. America would've apologized for the inconvenience and reimbursed them for the ammunition.
mrdown@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 19h
Well even Canada still buy and sell weapons to israel
ryper@lemmy.ca · 13 pts · 23h
They didn't just write a tweet. The Foreign Affairs Minister made a statement yesterday, as mentioned in CBC's coverage. No, they didn't make any threats to Israel or anything like that, but an official statement is more than a tweet.
geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml · 18 pts · 22h
So nothing of actual consequences
JohnnyCanuck@lemmy.ca · -3 pts · 20h
Sometimes things take way longer than we would like. This statement says they want humanitarian law applied, which may mean the case will be taken to The Hague.
geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml · 9 pts · 19h
This happened in 2024 mate nothing is going to happen. Israel kills Canadians with impunity and Canada does nothing about it.
mrdown@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 19h
It took over 7 decades and a comoagin of extermination for the West and the rest of powerful countries to make less than the minimum
The statement is a hypocritical one to act like they care
Rat_in_a_hat@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 13h
I don't think you've been paying much attention to the many actions and statements of government. The current Canadian government has been twisting itself into knots to not hold Israel accountable.
grte@lemmy.ca · 11 pts · 20h
If failing to meet expectations doesn't come with consequences then there were never really any expectations.
mrdown@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 19h
Not that much better
AGM@lemmy.ca · 11 pts · 19h
Consider that Canada's position was to accept having Israel investigate itself in the first place, while Israel is actively working all the time to undermine fundamental systems of international law and is engaged in genocide. Canadian foreign policy wrt Israel is and has been utterly pathetic. How many times has Anand squirmed her way through interviews and official statements trying to look like the government she's part of gives a shit while actually defending the practices and standards of the Israeli government as the Israeli government displays constant contempt for international law and for Canada?
Jhex@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 23h
Yeap, embarrassing for Canada
ProudCanadianCitizen@lemmy.ca · -1 pts · 19h
That is more than just a tweet. It is an explicit public statement of government policy, and an implicit statement that there is a lot going on behind the scenes, out of the public eye, based on the position taken in the public statement.
geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml · 6 pts · 19h
No it's a Tweet. There is zero action behind it.
villasv@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 17h
I agree this is just a tweet, but how do we know there's "zero" action behind it? What available options are not being pursued by the minister?
ProudCanadianCitizen@lemmy.ca · -2 pts · 18h
Unlike Trump, who tweets indiscriminately, tweets from the Canadian government are not 'just a tweet'. They are used judiciously and with forethought.
CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org · 0 pts · 16h
Maybe that would be true - if there was much the Canadian government could do at all.
The Middle East isn't our region, and the one major player in our own region has very strong opinions of their own.
Rat_in_a_hat@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 13h
Canada could stop sending weapons to Israel and disband the Israel/Canada free trade agreement
ProudCanadianCitizen@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 11h
I am not sure the legacy of Lester Pearson would agree.
https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/1957/pearson/facts/
danielquinn@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 16h
danielquinn@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 16h