Canada’s former foreign affairs minister, John Baird, said Justin Trudeau was responding to pressure from his own caucus members to shift to a more pro-Palestinian stance, when he called on Israel to use “maximum restraint” in Gaza.
“I think supporting Israel is not a popular thing in all quarters, but it’s the right thing. Trudeau has one eye on foreign policy and the other on the next election (because) a group of his MPs are getting increasingly nervous and increasingly concerned that they’re facing defeat.”
