Genocide remark sparks furore at Burlington Council meeting

At a pivotal city council meeting in Burlington, a council member’s Freudian slip escalated tensions, inadvertently likening the Gaza conflict to genocide. The member’s remark, ‘how appalled I am that people are bringing up the Holocaust. Do not use other genocide to describe this one,’ ended the discussion on a note of stark realisation and controversy. The slip occurred amidst a contentious debate over a formal pledge to call for a ceasefire in Gaza, which the council ultimately voted against.