Canada will vote against Palestinian UN request

OTTAWA: Canada intends to vote against a Palestinian
request for enhanced status at the United Nations, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Wednesday.


"I think that the Canadian position is very clear: We favour a two-state solution and the way of achieving that is by having the Palestinians return to the negotiating table with a view of coming to a comprehensive peace agreement with Israel," Harper told a press conference.

"We encourage them to do that and we would not support any shortcuts or any other ways of trying to arrive at that solution without such a peace agreement," he added.