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Canada's Right to Play Hardball with Hamas
(Globe and Mail-Canada) Norman Spector - Canada is under no obligation to provide taxpayer dollars to any foreign government. And it's well within our rights to use aid programs - or the withdrawal of aid - to stimulate changes in policies with which we fundamentally disagree. Having said that, Canada will continue to be one of the largest per capita contributors to UNWRA, the special UN relief agency for Palestinians. Diplomatically, Canada's decision helped set the bar for the EU, which gives substantially more direct aid to the PA and, thus, has greater influence over its policies. The author served as Canada's ambassador to Israel.