Uniquely, Israel warned enemy civilians about bombings (thereby telegraphing its plans to the enemy) and provided food, humanitarian aid, humanitarian corridors and delayed ground operations to allow the population to move. However, Israel's defensive war did not, by any objective measure, constitute genocide in action, intent or result. Repetition of the blood libel incites unprecedented incidents of antisemitism on the streets of Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver and elsewhere. For several years now, the canaries have been getting sick, dying or flying away from our once peaceable kingdom. National PostAdvertisement AdvertisementAdvertisement AdvertisementJoe Oliver was the minister of natural resources and finance in the Harper government.