Although Canada is a part of the British Commonwealth, we don't give knighthoods or similar honours to our most admired citizens. (Conrad
Black was forced to renounce his Canadian citizenship before he could be given a (British) life peerage as Lord Black of Crossharbour). But we DO
have our own system of honours which began in our centennial year, 1967, called the Order of Canada.
One recipient of the Order of Canada, a Muslim who owns a chain of restaurants, is now coming under vocal criticism for some tweets he's
made that are critical of Israel.
https://nationalpost.com/news/mohamad-fakih-order-of-canada-anti-israel-post
It's going to be interesting to see what happens with this. As far as I
can tell, Parliament doesn't have any direct involvement in deciding who
gets - or loses - the Order of Canada, although I'm sure there are any
number of indirect connections that might come into play behind the scenes.
There *is* precedent for taking away the Order of Canada. A few years
back, a Canadian senator of indigenous heritage, David Ahenakew, made
remarks that were clearly supportive of the Nazis and he had his Order
of Canada revoked in the resulting kerfuffle.
I think it is clear that the current (federal) Liberal government is supportive of the pro-Palestinians given Prime Minister Carney's avowed intention of recognizing Palestine as a state. He may find it awkward to
take a stance against Mr. Fakih given his plan to recognize Palestine.
This is going to be an interesting test of whether supporters of Israel
still have any influence on our government.
Rhino <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:
Although Canada is a part of the British Commonwealth, we don't give
knighthoods or similar honours to our most admired citizens. (Conrad
Black was forced to renounce his Canadian citizenship before he could be
given a (British) life peerage as Lord Black of Crossharbour). But we DO
have our own system of honours which began in our centennial year, 1967,
called the Order of Canada.
One recipient of the Order of Canada, a Muslim who owns a chain of
restaurants, is now coming under vocal criticism for some tweets he's
made that are critical of Israel.
https://nationalpost.com/news/mohamad-fakih-order-of-canada-anti-israel-post >>
It's going to be interesting to see what happens with this. As far as I
can tell, Parliament doesn't have any direct involvement in deciding who
gets - or loses - the Order of Canada, although I'm sure there are any
number of indirect connections that might come into play behind the scenes. >>
There *is* precedent for taking away the Order of Canada. A few years
back, a Canadian senator of indigenous heritage, David Ahenakew, made
remarks that were clearly supportive of the Nazis and he had his Order
of Canada revoked in the resulting kerfuffle.
Supportive of World War II era Nazis? What can you possibly say beyond “I hate those guys”?
I think it is clear that the current (federal) Liberal government is
supportive of the pro-Palestinians given Prime Minister Carney's avowed
intention of recognizing Palestine as a state. He may find it awkward to
take a stance against Mr. Fakih given his plan to recognize Palestine.
This is going to be an interesting test of whether supporters of Israel
still have any influence on our government.
T
On 2025-08-31 9:13 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
Rhino <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:This short wiki article details what he said, the context in which it
Although Canada is a part of the British Commonwealth, we don't give
knighthoods or similar honours to our most admired citizens. (Conrad
Black was forced to renounce his Canadian citizenship before he could be >>> given a (British) life peerage as Lord Black of Crossharbour). But we DO >>> have our own system of honours which began in our centennial year, 1967, >>> called the Order of Canada.
One recipient of the Order of Canada, a Muslim who owns a chain of
restaurants, is now coming under vocal criticism for some tweets he's
made that are critical of Israel.
https://nationalpost.com/news/mohamad-fakih-order-of-canada-anti-israel-post
It's going to be interesting to see what happens with this. As far as I
can tell, Parliament doesn't have any direct involvement in deciding who >>> gets - or loses - the Order of Canada, although I'm sure there are any
number of indirect connections that might come into play behind the scenes. >>>
There *is* precedent for taking away the Order of Canada. A few years
back, a Canadian senator of indigenous heritage, David Ahenakew, made
remarks that were clearly supportive of the Nazis and he had his Order
of Canada revoked in the resulting kerfuffle.
Supportive of World War II era Nazis? What can you possibly say beyond “I >> hate those guys”?
was said, and what the results were:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Ahenakew#Controversy_surrounding_antisemitic_remarks
As you can see, his anti-Semitism was unpopular but we still had free
speech in that his second trial overturned his conviction for attempting
to incite hate.
It's a rather different world now after 10 years of the current crop of "Liberal" (progressive!) activists.
I think it is clear that the current (federal) Liberal government is
supportive of the pro-Palestinians given Prime Minister Carney's avowed
intention of recognizing Palestine as a state. He may find it awkward to >>> take a stance against Mr. Fakih given his plan to recognize Palestine.
This is going to be an interesting test of whether supporters of Israel
still have any influence on our government.
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