Canada’s UN ambassador defends UN vote as ‘compassionate’ response to humanitarian disaster in Gaza
Canada’s ambassador to the UN says Canada’s decision to vote in favour of a humanitarian ceasefire was a necessary reaction to the increasingly desperate humanitarian situation in Gaza, as major international powers join the call for a ceasefire.
In an interview airing Sunday on Rosemary Barton Live, Bob Rae said that Canada could not stand by and remain fixed in its position as the scale of destruction and number of civilian deaths in Gaza continued to rise.
“It was a changing of the situation on the ground. The war has caused such major destruction in Gaza, and caused such humanitarian hardship … and over the last three weeks [the calls of humanitarian agencies] have gotten more and more urgent, so naturally it’s something that causes us to reflect,” he told CBC chief political correspondent Rosemary Barton.
