Some Canadian Jewish groups denounced the Green Party for supporting a boycott policy against Israel. Those are the things I have to consider' - Elizabeth May, Green Party leader"I know that groups like the United Church have adopted some portions of BDS. "The military occupation of the West Bank is a real concern for the Green Party, before this resolution came to the floor. "To what extent is this motion, so distracting and the fact that I oppose it, inconsistent with my role as leader? The Greens became Canada's first federal party to endorse the so-called Boycott Divestment and Sanctions movement during the party's biennial convention in Ottawa over the weekend.

Source: CBC News August 09, 2016 18:00 UTC