In a 2014 speech at the Knesset, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper vowed to stand with Israel “through fire and water.” Melissa Lantsman, then a staffer in the Conservative Party, heard Harper make that pledge and was affected by it.
Eight years later, Lantsman, 39, has become one of two deputies within the party—its No. 2 spot—and has assumed Harper’s pro-Israel mantle.
