Foreign Affairs Minister: Combat Racism

Immigration Minister Dept: The signing comes at the start of a week that will see the Durban III conference, the third in a series of a UN anti-racism conferences that Kenney says are used to promote anti-Semitism rather than combat racism, according to CBC. Citizenship and Immigration Minister Jason Kenney and Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird signed a declaration known as the Ottawa Protocol Monday night in the capital. They're the first parliamentarians in the world to sign the document, which is expected to proceed to the UK, US and France and two of Canada's most high-profile cabinet ministers added their names to a protocol against anti-Semitism Monday in Ottawa. It's also the week the Palestinians will ask to have a seat at the UN, a move Israel strongly opposes. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.