Furthermore, Gerald Caplan of the Toronto based newspaper The Globe and Mail writes on how Canadá needs a new …show more content…
The BDS is a Palestinian based movement to “ end international support for Israel's oppression of Palestinians and pressure Israel to comply with international law.” (BDS). Mcquaig believes that May should stay in office despite any disagreement. Mcquaig goes on to support May’s choice in supporting BDS. Mcquaig writes “For decades, Canada, along with most Western nations, has officially supported the UN’s endorsement of a two-state solution, but has done nothing to pressure Israel to stop building settlements on land designated for a Palestinian state.”. Moreover she writes “surely Canadians expect Israel to be held to the minimal standard of respecting basic human rights and complying with international law.”. From this, the reader would come to understand that leader Elizabeth May should not be punished for supporting a movement such as