The Exigent Foundation is a Canadian non-profit organization founded in 2024 by Larry Maher, Georganne Burke and Vivian Bercovici. The foundation has sponsored at least 8 delegations to Israel by Canadian journalists, elected officials, and members of the Canadian armed forces.https://www.cbc.ca/lite/story/9.7140842?feature=related-link
Background Larry Maher is a Toronto businessman, Vivian Bercovici is a Canadian and Israeli dual citizen and is the former Canadian ambassador to Israel, and Georgeanne Burke is a Canadian and American dual citizen and member of the Conservative Party of Canada.
Sponsored trips In January 2025, the Exigent Foundation sponsored a delegation to Israel that included Canadian member of parliament Kevin Vuong. Vuong subsequently wrote an op-ed in the National Post describing his trip to Israel, and advocating for eliminating the Lebanese terrorist organization Hezbollah.https://nationalpost.com/opinion/crushing-hezbollah-will-help-free-both-israel-and-lebanon
In January 2026, Canadian news outlet The Maple published an investigation into Canadian journalists who took sponsored trips to Israel, including a list of 27 media figured who travelled as part of an Exigent Foundation delegation. Journalists came from the National Post and Toronto Sun, along with right-wing alternative media outlets Juno News, True North, the Western Standard, the Post Millennial, along with pro-Israel pressure group Honest Reporting Canada.
In February 202, PressProgress reported that Israel's Ministry of Foreign Affairs had given the Exigent Foundation $175,000 CAD to bring "Canadian influencers and policymakers" to Israel.
See also
Hasbara
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