Conservative Party of Canada candidate Pierre Poilievre speaks during the Battle River—Crowfoot byelection candidate forum in Camrose, Alta., on July 29, 2025. The Canadian Press/Jason Franson
Conservatives say Prime Minister Mark Carney’s decision to recognise Palestinian statehood at the U.N. this September “sends the wrong message.”
In a statement issued July 30 following Carney’s announcement, the Conservatives said that agreeing to a Palestinian state in the wake of the Oct. 7, 2023, attacks on Israel tells extremists “that violence and terror are effective tools for achieving political objectives.”
