The Canadian government has announced that Canada will boycott Durban III in September 2011.

Carl in Jerusalem is spot on in his remarks about what is going on in Canada:

Once upon a time, the United States could be counted on for moral clarity and to act as the World’s conscience. With President Obama’s attack on American exceptionalism, those days are now gone, and the burden of acting as the World’s moral compass has fallen to other countries. Take Canada, for instance.

On Thursday, the government of Prime Minister Stephen Harper did what any morally sensitive country ought to have done, but which no other country did: The Canadian government announced that it will not participate in Durban III, the 10th anniversary commemoration of the violently anti-Semitic Durban conference, to be held alongside the UN General Assembly meeting in September 2011 in New York.

Canada’s reason for boycotting Durban III is moral clarity at its best:

“Canada is clearly committed to the fight against racism, but the Durban process commemorates an agenda that actually promotes racism rather than combats it.”

While President Obama strives to isolate Israel around the world, Canada is fighting back – for Israel!

Here is Canada’s Prime Minister Stephen Harper supporting Israel in the way that America can’t while Barack Obama is president:

In October, Canada was voted down for a seat on the United Nations Security Council due to Canada’s bold and unique support for Israel in today’s world.

America didn’t help Canada win the UNSC seat and it appears that “Lazy Susan” Rice didn’t even vote.

Only a few years ago, the American ambassador here would have made a public issue in defense of Canada. But in the maneuvering leading to today’s vote, American diplomats were all but absent.

Support for Israel Costs Canada Seat on U.N. Security Council

Thank you and G-d bless you, Canada.

Hat Tip: Carl in Jerusalem