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A manager at Hamotzi restaurant in Jerusalem dusts off a wine bottle as she prepares for re-opening ahead of Israel entering its third phase of easing coronavirus measures, Tuesday, March 2, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Maya Alleruzzo May 06, 2021 - 12:59 PM
TORONTO - A finding that wine from the West Bank can be labelled as a product of Israel was not reasoned properly and should now be thrashed out again, the Federal Court of Appeal has ruled.
As a result, the appellate court said the politically sensitive case, which at one point threatened to put Middle East politics on trial, should go back to the Complaints and Appeals Office of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency.
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A manager at Hamotzi restaurant in Jerusalem dusts off a wine bottle as she prepares for re-opening ahead of Israel entering its third phase of easing coronavirus measures, Tuesday, March 2, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Maya Alleruzzo
TORONTO – A finding that wine from the West Bank can be labelled as a product of Israel was not reasoned properly and should now be thrashed out again, the Federal Court of Appeal has ruled.
As a result, the appellate court said the politically sensitive case, which at one point threatened to put Middle East politics on trial, should go back to the Complaints and Appeals Office of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency.
The administrative decision maker must demonstrate that its interpretation of the relevant provisions is consistent with their text, context and purpose, Chief Justice Marc Noel said. Here this demonstration is totally lacking.
The case arose in 2017, when Dr. David Kattenburg, of Winnipeg, raised concerns that wines produced by Psagot and Shiloh Winery, located in the West Bank, were from Israeli settlements in the occupied territories, not Israel itself. He argued the wines should not, under Canadian law, be branded as Product of Israel.
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency initially sided with him. However, the agency reversed course after some Jewish groups protested and Global Affairs Canada said the West Bank could be considered Israeli territory under the Canada-Israel free trade agreement.