(AFP) - Canada's opposition Conservatives said Monday they would follow the United States lead and recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel "when" they beat Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's Liberals in the next election in 2019. The party said on its website, "Canada's Conservatives recognize the obvious fact that Israel, like every other sovereign nation, has a right to determine where its capital is located."
The Conservatives held power from 2006 until 2015 when they were toppled by the Liberals in a general election. After trailing the Liberals in public opinion polls over the past two and a half years, the Tories narrowed the gap to within five percentage points in the latest surveys.