Yousef Jabareen, a Pelestinian member of the Israeli Knesset, came to Canada in October 2016 on a study tour organized by Canada Talks Israel Palestine, a Canadian NGO. I only wish I could find a way to have something similar in the country in which I live — Israel. In Israel, by contrast, even though Arabic is an official language, and 20 per cent of the population speaks Arabic, we have no official languages act and no official languages commission. At your Museum of History, I learned that Canada has systematically obliterated the aboriginal names of many landmarks and given European names instead. He came to Canada in October 2016 on a study tour organized by Canada Talks Israel Palestine, a Canadian NGO.

Source: thestar November 28, 2016 11:02 UTC