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Canada Opposes Palestinian Bid for Recognition of Statehood
(Canadian Press-Toronto Star) Mike Blanchfield - Canada is rejecting a Palestinian effort to win recognition at the UN as an independent state. "Our government's long-standing position has not changed. The only solution to this conflict is one negotiated between and agreed to by the two parties," said Chris Day, the spokesman for Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird. "One of the states must be a Jewish state and recognized as such, while the Palestinian state is to be a nonmilitarized one." "Unilateral action is ultimately unhelpful," said Day.