Canada’s appointment of Special Envoy Irwin Cotler aims to silence pro-Palestine discourse – Mondoweiss

Irwin Cotler speaking at a Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights event with Justin Trudeau in the audience. (Photo: Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights)

Canada’s appointment of Special Envoy Irwin Cotler aims to silence pro-Palestine discourse

Justin Trudeau’s appointment of Irwin Cotler is a blatant rebuke of any sense of a fair-handed approach by the Canadian government to the Palestinian cause.