pictured:Sid Ryan, president of CUPE Ontario
Canada's largest campus trade union has passed a resolution to boycott of Israel - well done, although they are getting a lot of flak from Canada's right-wing media. The Canadian Union of Public Employees conference of university locals voted in favour of a boycott of Israeli universities.
From CTV
OTTAWA — The Harper government is accusing one of Ontario's biggest unions of taking an "intolerant" stance against Israel.
Multiculturalism Minister Jason Kenney says a CUPE Ontario resolution urging a boycott of Israeli universities is intolerant and contributes to a bad atmosphere on Canadian campuses.
He acknowledges there's nothing illegal about the resolution, but claims it's part of a growing wave "singling out and targeting the Jewish democratic state of Israel for opprobrium."
A meeting of the public-sector union in Windsor on the weekend approved the resolution as a response to the recent Israeli assault on Gaza.
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