“Canada's Conservatives have been, and always will be, a strong voice for Israel and the Canadian Jewish community,
Israel is one of Canada's strongest allies and a beacon of pluralism and democratic principles in a turbulent part of the world,
Canada’s Conservatives recognize the obvious fact that Israel, like every other sovereign nation, has a right to determine where its capital is located.”

— Andrew Scheer

26 February 2018 report from CTV News https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/conservatives-pledge-to-recognize-jerusalem-as-israel-s-capital-if-elected-in-2019-1.3819527

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