The donor group is made up mostly of Canadian Muslim professionals, such as lawyers and doctors. Formed in December 2014, the group helped Justin Trudeau to his first election victory in 2015.

The group says it has directed hundreds of thousands of dollars to the Liberal Party annually since December 2014. One member of the group — whose donation records CBC News verified with Elections Canada — has contributed nearly $19,000 to the Liberals since the group’s foundation.

  • cygnus
    82·
    1 year ago

    I don’t think this will have any bearing on the election — it isn’t as if they’re going to support the Conservatives.

    • psvrh
      5·
      1 year ago

      If there’s one interesting point to the Israel/Palestine conflict, it’s that it’s badly shaken up the political consensus that took most of the 2010s to build:

      • Muslim? The right-wing was angling for your support and there was a lot of intersection in terms of “traditional religious and cultural values”, but now the Right has to manage it’s inherent support to Israel (and it’s inherent anti-brown racism) against that.
      • Neo-nazi? Well, you’re traditionally right-wing, but how do you square that with your leaders supporting Israel?
      • Liberal Jew? Well, you’ve always had it tough, but now it’s even more polarized.
      • Progressive? Also had it tough, but now you have to square a group (conservative Muslims) that you might find challenging and the micro level, with Zionists and right-wing politicians, who you have trouble with at a macro level.

      I’m not sure how this is going to shake out, but if I were to bet, I’d say it’ll fracture on haves/have-nots and powerful/disenfranchised.

      • jadero
        5·
        1 year ago

        I’m not sure how this is going to shake out, but if I were to bet, I’d say it’ll fracture on haves/have-nots and powerful/disenfranchised.

        So situation normal?

    • corsicanguppy
      3·
      1 year ago

      They could. It’s happening in the states, where people once labeled as rapists by the Commander in Cheese now support his re-election, simply because no one is reminding them that Biden quietly did a bunch a things, and they’ve been hoodwinked to voting “anyone but crooked old Biden”.

      We are no better.

      • LostWon
        4·
        1 year ago

        Possible, but assuming they’ve been following the news, they’ve probably noticed Conservatives have been at least as pro-Israel as Liberals. It’d be interesting if they backed the NDP, but I would be surprised if they did.

        • PizzasDontWearCapes@sh.itjust.works
          2·
          1 year ago

          Muslim groups have backed the NDP at the local level before

          There’s not much point in backing them nation-wide since they just don’t have enough broad support to form a government

          On most issues, Muslims would naturally back conservative agendas, but immigration and other minority issues draw them left at the polls