The donor group is made up mostly of Canadian Muslim professionals, such as lawyers and doctors. Formed in December 2014, the group helped Justin Trudeau to his first election victory in 2015.
The group says it has directed hundreds of thousands of dollars to the Liberal Party annually since December 2014. One member of the group — whose donation records CBC News verified with Elections Canada — has contributed nearly $19,000 to the Liberals since the group’s foundation.
If there’s one interesting point to the Israel/Palestine conflict, it’s that it’s badly shaken up the political consensus that took most of the 2010s to build:
Muslim? The right-wing was angling for your support and there was a lot of intersection in terms of “traditional religious and cultural values”, but now the Right has to manage it’s inherent support to Israel (and it’s inherent anti-brown racism) against that.
Neo-nazi? Well, you’re traditionally right-wing, but how do you square that with your leaders supporting Israel?
Liberal Jew? Well, you’ve always had it tough, but now it’s even more polarized.
Progressive? Also had it tough, but now you have to square a group (conservative Muslims) that you might find challenging and the micro level, with Zionists and right-wing politicians, who you have trouble with at a macro level.
I’m not sure how this is going to shake out, but if I were to bet, I’d say it’ll fracture on haves/have-nots and powerful/disenfranchised.
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If there’s one interesting point to the Israel/Palestine conflict, it’s that it’s badly shaken up the political consensus that took most of the 2010s to build:
I’m not sure how this is going to shake out, but if I were to bet, I’d say it’ll fracture on haves/have-nots and powerful/disenfranchised.
So situation normal?