Canadian New Democratic Party leadership candidate Heather McPherson took a firm position on the violence that erupted at a Toronto Metropolitan University event for IDF soldiers, although she defended the protesters who injured the IDF speaker.

Last Wednesday, five anti-Israel protesters were arrested at a private Students Supporting Israel event in Toronto after attacking the speakers, breaking glass, and causing injuries to a guest speaker, an IDF soldier.

Instead of criticizing the violent attack, McPherson blamed the fact that the private event took place at all.