By DAVID LAZARUS Parliamentarians and Jewish community figures alike last week denounced Quebec member of Parliament Jean-Guy Carignan for sending out Christmas cards to his 2,000 constituents with a photograph of him posing with Palestinian Authority President Yasser Arafat. The outrage was twofold: first, that a photo of Carignan with Arafat would be mailed out at public expense (the cards were printed and paid for by the House of Commons), and second, that an image of a man widely considered to be a terrorist would be used to deliver the traditional Yuletide message of peace and goodwill. "This is outrageous for all Quebecers," Joseph Gabay, president of Canadian Jewish Congress' Quebec region (CJC-Q), said in an interview.
Quebec MP criticized for Arafat greeting
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