Michael Ignatieff on Jan8, 2009 at Town Hall meeting in Halifax

Hamas is a terrorist organization and Canada can't touch Hamas with a 10-foot pole. Hamas is to blame for organizing, instigating these rocket attacks, and then for sheltering among civilian populations. And Israel is justified in continuing military operations. But every Canadian, whatever community they are from, the Jewish community, the other Middle Eastern communities, is concerned about the humanitarian and human cost of this. And so the international community is attempting to drive this toward a ceasefire. And when that becomes a sensible thing to do, there should be a ceasefire. And then Canada should be involved in the humanitarian and medical attempts to rebuild some shattered lives.
Source: CBC News.