By failing to stop his candidates from endorsing the Vote Palestine platform, Carney essentially opened the door to foreign interference

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Prime Minister Mark Carney’s election victory speech included a note of humility: “Over my long career, I have made many mistakes, and I will make more, but I commit to admitting them openly, to correcting them quickly, and always learning from them.” Yet it is too late to correct one of his big mistakes. Will he at least admit to and learn from it?

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During the election campaign, 28 Liberal candidates (19 of them elected) signed onto a five-point anti-Israel Vote Palestine platform. Vote Palestine began as a BDS project, and quickly gathered steam after a trial run in the 2021 election. The platform contains demands — such as a two-way arms embargo against Israel, a full boycott of Israel-controlled territories and recognition of Palestine as a state — that do not reflect current Liberal policy. In total, 362 candidates signed on.

Carney could have stopped his own candidates’ irresponsible trend early in its trajectory by issuing a memo that foreign policy is the purview of party leadership, not individual candidates, and ordering signers to rescind their endorsement of the platform. Instead, he remained silent, essentially giving the green light for more candidates to........

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