Reminder, it isn't over yet now is it?
Penny for your thoughts: Kosher Seal of Approval for PM Stephen Harper?
The riding of Mount Royal is up for grabs this fall with Liberal MP Irwin Cotler stepping down.
About 30 per cent of the riding identified as Jewish in the last census — making the electoral district one of only a handful in the country where that community can swing an election if it votes en masse.
The Liberals have held the seat since 1940, but Montreal's influential Jewish Community Council appears set to give its stamp of approval to Harper.
The council is a religious organization, primarily concerned with certifying whether products are kosher and on Thursday's evening it will give the prime minister its King David Award.
"The King David Award is presented to an individual who is a light unto the world," reads a description of the honour on the event's Facebook page. "One whose courage, strength, intelligence and faithfulness are examples and inspirations for us all.
Law or no law, Canadians better not criticise Israel - Al Jazeera English
Is Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper inching towards criminalising criticism of Israel?
Since first elected in 2006, his Conservative government has been pointing in that direction. Tiny gestures to be sure. But, taken together, they trouble many Canadians.
The most recent signal came last Monday, when Neil Macdonald, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's senior Washington correspondent,
reported on an email exchange he had had with a government spokesperson.
Macdonald had sought clarification on Public Safety Minister Steven Blaney's
statement last January at the United Nations General Assembly Session on Anti-Semitism where he said: "Canada has taken a zero-tolerance approach to anti-Semitism and all forms of discrimination including in rhetoric towards Israel, and attempts to delegitimise Israel such as the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement."
Inside Story - Boycotting Israel
Macdonald wanted to know what exactly Blaney meant by "zero tolerance" and how he, the minister responsible for law enforcement, intelligence and security, would enforce it.