Tag: Canada
Canada designates Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as terrorists
Following a decision made by the United States in April 2019, Canada has applied a terrorist designation to the Iranian-based Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
Following the announcement on Wednesday, Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc stated that...
Record crowd of 50,000 turns out for pro-Israel Toronto event
More than 50,000 pro-Israel people turned out for the UJA Walk with Israel in Toronto on Sunday, a record turnout for the event which is in its 55th year.
Adam Hummel, a lawyer in Toronto, told JNS...
Ontario passes bill requiring colleges to set guidelines against racism
Bill 166, the Strengthening Accountability and Student Supports Act, was approved in Ontario’s legislative assembly on May 14.
It states that colleges and universities in the Canadian province “shall have policies and rules that describe...
Canadian politician urges all to ‘bring your Israel flags to Iranian rallies’
The first woman of Iranian descent to become a member of a Canadian provincial parliament wants Jews to know that they are not as isolated as they may think.
“The Jewish community has more allies...
Canadian Conservative leader calls Jews ‘a true indigenous people’
Pierre Poilievre, a member of the Canadian parliament and the leader of the Conservative Party of Canada, recently spoke to members of the Orthodox Beth Israel Beth Aaron Congregation in Côte Saint-Luc, Quebec. His address on...
‘Federal ministers hold hands with terrorists,’ says Canadian parliamentarian
A bearded man, flanked by people bearing Palestinian flags, walks down a street in Canada speaking into a microphone.
“Whether it’s on the street, whether it’s at work or whether it’s in your place of...
Toronto police make two arrests in antisemitic vandalism cases
Michael Park, 35, reportedly frightened Toronto residents in 2021 when he walked through a park shirtless, displaying a swastika painted in black on the right side of his chest, similar to Edward Norton’s neo-Nazi...
No statute of limitations on mass murder, experts say of Canada’s reluctance to pursue...
Canadian Jewish leaders appeared to be indifferent to, or at least complacent about, Nazis living in the country after World War II, adding insult to the Canadian government waving Nazis in after the war...
‘Woke Marxist ideology pervades major Canada institutions’
A cultural Marxist worldview permeates Canada’s major academic, cultural and corporate institutions, spreading a false historical narrative on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict based on ignorance and global trends, a former Canadian political leader visiting Israel said...
‘Be on the front lines,’ former Canadian envoy Irwin Cotler advises young Jews
Irwin Cotler, the 83-year-old human-rights advocate and former Canadian parliamentarian, received the lifetime achievement award of the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs last month at a conference in Ottawa.
The award, according to organizers, recognized “his...