Canada abstains from UN assembly vote backing Palestinian bid for membership

Oh Lord! I would vehemently disagree with you thinking Canada is one of the shittiest countries in the world. I suspect you, like me, support the Palestinian people - including their achieving statehood (which for all intents and purposes we already treat them as such).

I suspect that the Canadian government has not yet reached the point of establishing a precedence whereby it recognises a country that has no legal borders. Countries like Ireland may have, and must deal with downstream effects of such.

Israel had legal borders when Canada recognised it as a country. That is why Canada does not recognise Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, because the status of Jerusalem was not yet settled.

We’re on the same side essentially, wanting peace between these two countries.

Based on the statement from Global Affairs it seems more like the abstention was a statement against efforts made on both sides to derail efforts toward a sustainable two-state solution. IDK it sounds like a 'Yea' vote would have been preferable but I also kind of get where they're coming from: putting forward resolutions we know will fail at the UNSC doesn't always seem especially productive.