According to a source with strong ties to the Toronto Ukrainian community, Michael Ignatieff's bid to become the Liberal nominee in the Etobicoke-Lakeshore could hit a brick wall. The Canadian Press is now on the case.
Apparently some of Ignatieff's past statements and writing about the Ukraine have offended Ukranian-Canadians. (This is a very politically-organized community in Etobicoke.) Ignatieff has in the past made statements, particularly in his book Blood and Belonging, that Ukranians find objectionable. Among them are his belief that Ukraine belongs to Russia and that Ukraininan nationalism is tied to anti-Semitism. One of Ignatieff's ancestors (it may be his grandfather, or great-grandfather) was education minister in the last czarist regime.
I doubt Ignatieff forsaw this problem. This could get ugly.
# posted by Adam Daifallah : 2:53 PM
