B’nai Brith Canada condemned the recent increase in swastika vandalism that has taken place across the country.
“The continued use of the Nazi swastika in an attempt to intimidate Jewish communities is reprehensible and unacceptable,” said B’nai Brith Canada CEO Michael Mostyn in a statement on Thursday. “We trust that our law enforcement partners will investigate these matters diligently and do everything possible to apprehend the perpetrators.”
On Sunday, members of a Toronto-based Jewish baseball league found a giant swastika drawn in the sand at a public park in Richmond Hill where they were scheduled to play.
Also this week, Toronto Police announced that a suspect was charged with one count of mischief under $5,000 for drawing swastikas on chairs at a park in June. Police are treating the incident as a suspected hate-motivated offense.