When Burnaby, BC's city council voted unanimously to ask Ottawa to impose an arms embargo on Israel , it is more than simply standing up for decency and humanity. It is more than opposing genocide. The federal government has lied about no longer selling weapons to Israel . By calling for a real arms embargo, Burnaby is also making sure the federal government can't get away with lying or equivocating to the Canadian people. If Ottawa is willing to lie about this, what else are they willing to lie about? One only needs to look south of the border to the United States to see the consequences of a government constantly lying to its people with impunity. Despite being fact-checked in real time. Canadians must be better than Americans in this regard -- the consequences can well be disastrous. And the Trump administration in America has been proving this beyond any doubt.
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