Readers praise Danielle Smith for promoting Canada; denounce the United Church for its anti-Israel 'obsession'; lament the DEI takeover of scientific research; and more

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Re: New Fox fave Danielle Smith champions Canada with more impact than feds — Don Braid, Dec. 30

Americans who have been watching Alberta Premier Danielle Smith speak on Fox News would not be amiss thinking they were watching Canada’s own “Iron Lady,” Margaret Thatcher.

Smith, who is using her previous television and talk-radio experience to professionally advocate for Canada, is garnering respect from Americans. She expertly uses her knowledge of the American perspective to position Canada in the best light, to convince Americans that it is in their best interests to support Canada’s position.

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Thank goodness we had Smith working during her Christmas holidays to defend Canada, at a time when our prime minister has been off on one of his many vacations, skiing in B.C. Once again, Trudeau is completely missing in action, when action is desperately needed.

Chris Robertson, Stony Plain, Alta.

Re: ‘Pulling people apart’: Renewed tension between Canadian Jewish groups, United Church sparked by Gaza — Tyler Dawson, Dec. 28

Over Christmas, in Nigeria, more than 140 Christian farmers in Nigeria were massacred and 17 of their villages burned to the ground, for the sin of being Christian. Open Doors Canada estimates that more than 365 million Christians worldwide face religious persecution, while the number of Christians killed for faith-related reasons worldwide was 5,621 in 2023, 5,898 in 2022, and 4,761 in 2021. In Canada, over 100 churches have been vandalized or torched. To the best of my knowledge, the United Church of Canada has remained fairly silent on the persecution and slaughter of its co-religionists.

However, when it comes to Israel and the Jews, the United Church has a great deal to say. And kudos to Richard Marceau, of the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs, for calling out the Church’s blatant hypocrisy. By engaging in movements like BDS (given the rather cutesy moniker of “Unsettling Goods” by the United Church), and urging the Trudeau government to impose an arms embargo, the Church is attempting to bring Israel to its knees, economically and militarily.

Claiming that Israel is an “apartheid state” and accusing it of “genocide” are both egregious falsehoods. Both have been disproved over and over again, but the Church continues to trot out antisemitic propaganda to support its position, denying the Jews, who constitute less than two per cent of the world’s population, a safe haven and the right to live in peace in their biblical and ancestral homeland. Shame!

And shame again for perpetuating the lie that a genocide is occurring in Gaza. If the United Church is unhappy about the deaths in Gaza, here is a suggestion: how about telling Hamas to return the 100 hostages — or their bodies — it is holding? The Israelis have made it no secret that their aim is to continue until all the hostages are either released or found, which is what most countries would do.

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