‘Wrong side of history’

Dear Editor:

Wellington-Halton Hills MP Michael Chong and his Conservative Party’s reaction to the prime minister’s statement concerning the recognition of a Palestinian state shows that they are increasingly a voice in the wilderness.

The fact that 200 former diplomats and former Canadian ambassadors agree with the prime minister, along with the nations of France, Norway, Spain, the UK and 147 member states of the United Nations, shows just how completely out of touch the Conservative Party is with world opinion.

The barbarism, the deaths of so many children committed by the Israel Defense Forces, the withholding of food, must surely mean that the Conservative Party is on the wrong side of history and humanity.

Mark Purshouse,
Puslinch