A leaked recording of a phone call between a Liberal MP and a constituent suggests the depth of the divisions in the government caucus over Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s handling of the war in Gaza, the genocide case against Israel and the decision to defund a UN relief agency in the middle of a famine.
As parliamentary secretary to Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly, Rob Oliphant has the job of explaining and defending Canada’s foreign policy in Parliament.
But in his conversation with the constituent, recorded on Feb. 1 without the MP’s knowledge, Oliphant was clearly less than keen to defend the government.
Instead, he opened
