Canada Embarrasses Itself

As a Canadian, I am ashamed that our delegation to the UN General Assembly voted against the Goldstone Report. More incredibly, in the UN Press Release, it was reported:

Also speaking in explanation of vote, Canada’s speaker said his delegation had voted against the resolution because it was concerned about the imbalanced nature of the Goldstone Report, as it had not called on an investigation by both sides. It had assumed that Israel was wholly culpable

....not called on an investigation by both sides...!?!?!?! On what planet does the Canadian delegation inhabit? From the Goldstone Report (2009-09-25 edition):

1969 (e) The Mission recommends that, upon receipt of the committee’s report, the Security Council should consider the situation and, in the absence of good-faith investigations that are independent and in conformity with international standards having been undertaken or being under way within six months of the date of its resolution under Article 40 by the appropriate authorities in Gaza, acting under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations, refer the situation in Gaza to the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court pursuant to article 13 (b) of the Rome Statute;

1974. To responsible Palestinian authorities,

(a) The Mission recommends that the Palestinian Authority should issue clear instructions to security forces under its command to abide by human rights norms as enshrined in the Palestinian Basic Law and international instruments, ensure prompt and independent investigation of all allegations of serious human rights violations by security forces under its control, and end resort to military justice to deal with cases involving civilians;

Tis to weep. Not only is Canada complicit in attempts to cover up and hide war crimes by both Hamas and Israel, it justified this with lies and misrepresentations.