The Official Opposition is calling on the Canadian government to dispatch evacuation flights for citizens in Israel, noting other countries have already done so.
“The government has failed to learn the lesson from the fall of Kabul. Its inability to provide assistance to Canadians fleeing war zones is part of a concerning pattern. It is the duty of any government to help citizens who are trying to leave a conflict zone, the Prime Minister and his government are failing at this basic task.”
Israel has declared war on the Islamist group Hamas after it launched its biggest assault on Israel in years this past Saturday. Hamas is designated a terrorist group by the Canadian government. Over the weekend, Air Canada cancelled its flights to Tel Aviv, stranding people in Canada and in Israel. Israeli airline El Al is still flying into the country and said it is mobilized to repatriate Israelis and provide flights for others in Israel stranded by other foreign airlines’ flight cancellations.