MP Anthony Housefather to Remain in Liberal Party After ‘Serious Reflection’ on Palestine Vote

Liberal member of Parliament Anthony Housefather talks to reporters as he arrives to a caucus meeting in Ottawa on Nov. 8, 2023. The Canadian Press/Sean Kilpatrick

Liberal MP Anthony Housefather has decided he will stay on as a Liberal MP following a period of reflection over the party’s support of a motion on Palestinian statehood.

“The adoption of the motion and all the events that preceded it have angered me as much as they angered most of the Jewish Canadians that I have communicated with,” Mr. Housefather, who is Jewish, said in an April 5 press release.