A Canadian legislator is expected to introduce a bill calling for increased accountability from the U.N. agency that serves Palestinian refugees. As part of a Canadian delegation to the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly last month, Jason Kenney gave a speech that was highly critical of UNRWA, the recipient of $7 million from Canada last year.
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