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Quebec Strikes a Blow Against Anti-Israel Boycott
(National Post-Canada) Barbara Kay - Every Saturday since October, activists from the group Palestinian and Jewish Unity (PAJU) amass at Boutique Le Marcheur, a shoe store in Montreal, to protest the owners' inclusion of Israel-made shoes - the brand is Beautifeel - among their stock. After Amir Khadir, co-leader of the hyper-nationalist party Quebec Solidaire joined the crowd on Dec. 11 to lend his authority to the harassment, a motion was brought forward in the Quebec National Assembly on Feb. 9, condemning the boycott of Le Marcheur. Khadir was the sole vote against it. Members of the National Assembly's other three parties - Francois Bonnardel of the Action Democratique du Quebec, Parti Quebecois, and the Liberals - visited the store to lend their support. Luciano Del Negro, executive director of the Quebec-Israel Committee, said: "There is now a consensus among the political class in Quebec that BDS is not acceptable."