A Montreal borough denied having a moment of silence for a Lebanese Canadian family killed when the recent war in Southern Lebanon broke out a month ago.
Politicians got it right this time.
The mayor and council in Cote-des-Neiges/Notre-Dame-de-Grace rejected two requests from the public to recognize the tragedy during their meeting earlier this week.
“It was refused for political reasons,” said Wissam Moussa, a member of the Lebanese Muslim Youth Association who made one of two requests for a moment of silence.
Senator Marcel Prud’homme, a former Liberal MP with a long-standing interest in the Middle East, called it hypocrisy.
“I think it’s unbelievably sad that (the council) did not see fit to keep a minute of silence,” Prud’homme said.
But Mayor Michael Applebaum said Wednesday the tragic deaths have been hijacked by Hezbollah supporters who are bringing the war home to Canadian soil.
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The council has held only one moment of silence in the past, a motion brought by a council member after the death of late Pope John Paul II.
Ironically, the same group did not ask for a moment of silence for:
-The Canadian who was killed in the original kidnapping of 2 IDF soldiers. (one of the 8 killed in the original action that sparked the current war)
-The Canadian who was killed when the U.N. post was inadvertently bombed.
-The Canadian IDF pilot killed when his helicoptor crashed
Nor have they expressed any concern over the Canadian IDF soldier who is being held hostage at this time by Hezbollah.
H/T to Jack’s Newswatch
Terrorists want to use the deaths of these kids to maximum advantage. That’s why they killed them. Canadian municipalities are right when they don’t play into the terrorists hands.