Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau, declaring that “there are only two countries in the world, the United States and Canada, who have adopted a firm policy in regard to Arab boycotts,” pledged that Canada will abide by that policy and stated that any kind of discrimination by Canadian companies in compliance with Arab boycott demands is “repugnant to our ethnics.”
Trudeau addressed the closing dinner of the 30th United Jewish Appeal in Toronto. He promised to turn the public spotlight on any company submitting to Arab boycott requests and declared that the Canadian government would refuse assistance to such companies. But he evaded a suggestion by Rabbi Gunther Plaut, president of the Canadian Jewish Congress, that a legislative stand be taken against participants in the boycott.
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