Don't be fooled by the Liberal's candidate in our riding of York Centre

The previous Liberal MP (Member of parliament) for our mostly Jewish suburb in Toronto, (called York Centre) was a Jewish man named Michael Levitt who resigned in order to take the CEO of the Canadian Simon Wiesenthal Centre after they fired Avi Benlolo from this post. 

Much like in the US where Jews tend to vote Democratic, here in Canada, Jews tend to vote for the Liberal party which currently holds power with the likes of PM Justin Trudeau. Even when Liberal party policy and actions prove that they are not our best friends (our = Jews and Israel) and in fact have an ongoing love affair with Islam, Palestinians and Arabs, it’s hard to teach an old dog new tricks. This holds doubly true for the Democrats as many of their leaders are vile Jew haters. 

Sadly, I have little faith in my Jewish community to change this practise. The last time a Conservative won in my riding of York Centre was 9 years ago when Stephen Harper was our PM. I see the problem as a mix of blind stupidity and laziness. The Liberal party leaders know this too since despite the many serious, treasonous actions and behaviours that our current PM has gotten away with proves this point. Despite all the damage that he has done to us and our beautiful country, he was elected again in a second term. So all they had to do was to find a Jewish candidate and a female to boot. Heck she’s even an Israeli and a graduate of Hebrew University in Jerusalem! I know her personally as she taught yoga classes (as a substitute instructor) at the Jewish Y a few years ago. A pleasant woman to look at and talk to, she’s arguably the perfect candidate, right? After all, if you want to win this seat you must appease the mostly Jewish constituents here. Her name (a nice Israeli one) is Ya'ara Saks.

The only problem is that she is a self hater. Like Bernie Sanders in the US, he was touted by many Jewish (even Israeli) organizations as a Jewish hero. Some of the headlines I recall went something like this: "For the first time in American history, they may get a Jewish president!” They were too lazy to look into his history. As soon as they found out that he was Jewish, they looked no farther. 

So the Liberals found Ya’ara Saks. Here are but a few of her thoughts:

She wants Jews all over the world to end the ‘occupation’ of Palestinians.

She supported the AirBNB boycott of Israel.

She said: We must explore the darker chapters in Zionism.

She supported the 2019 anti-Israel at the UN.

You can see these points on a flyer from our Conservative party candidate. They finally gave up on the Jews (who can blame them) and brought forward a Philippine candidate by the name of Julius Tiangson. Here are the bullet points for his party on that same flyer:

Voted with Israel in the UN during Harper’s tenure.

Opposed BDS including the failed AirBNB boycott of Israel.

Recognized Jerusalem as the eternal capital of Israel.

Wants to move our embassy to Jerusalem.

Supports the right of Israelis to self determination.

Supports the only true democracy in the region - Israel.

Our neighbourhood has a large Philippino population. Thanks to many Jewish families, we brought mostly young Philippino nannies here to help raise our children. They thrived here. They grew so large that every year in our neighbourhood they have a huge street party here with all sorts of vendors & entertainment. In our local park where I often walk my dogs, there is a huge outdoor amphitheatre where their community usually performs (music and dancing) on Israel’s birthday. 

So please, don’t be fooled by the Liberal’s candidate. If you hate Jews/Israel then by all means for the self hating Jew, Ya’ara Saks. If you like Jews and support Israel then you must vote for Julius Tiangson.

If you want to know more about her, read this.