Palestinian demonstrations in Jewish neighbourhoods (as opposed to Israeli consulates) are pure harassment and intimidation. Govts need to take a "maximum response within the law" approach to these. This should absolutely include cancellation of temporary residence and ineligibility for citizenship among any non-citizens involved.
Dr. Carney's statement was marginally better than the one released by Iran. "Terror violence and mass killing shall be condemned, wherever they're committed, as unlawful and criminal." Generic condemnation of terrorist activity, like most of Europe.
Jewish lives matter more than the excuses our cowardly or complicit leaders make for intimidation and terror.
Freedom of assembly does not mean the right to harass Canadian Jews. Academic freedom does not mean the right to intimidate other members of the academy. Freedom of speech does not include the right to incite genocide. Freedom of the press does not mean the right to disseminate hate propaganda against Canadian Jews.
I wish Edmonton had a mayor with the integrity that Jeremy Farkas seems to have. Kudos to him for not just showing up but for also making meaningful statements.
Once again, Alberta leads. And this is a good start. But...
Until we recognize, address, and take back public institutions from anti-Semitic activists busy advancing the careers of other anti-Semitic activists, implementing anti-Semitic polices and anti-Semitic procedures, funding anti-Semitic champions and anti-Semitic events, until we grasp just how indoctrinated a system like public education has been captured (and is now spewing out anti-Semitic graduates including many deluded Jewish students), starting at the colleges that train teachers and recognizing curriculum and policies designed to promote and excuse and advance anti-Semitism issues, until we have the moral courage to face anti-Semitic expressions and denounce them even if clothed by political tribalism, religious purity, multicultural shielding, or racial and ethnic protections, this job has to start from the top. And I'm just not seeing enough of it to even stem the tide, which is far cry from ever turning it. What I am seeing is more and more anti-Semitic apologists obtaining and exercising public power in literally every institution from the top down that advances ever increasing levels of public hostility, violence, and intolerance against Jews generally and Israel specifically.
Yes, yes, yes. If we are ever going to stop the anti-semitic growth in Canada it needs to start with our education system, particularly the post-secondary system. Until we have the balls to fire every educator and education administration who allow anti-semitism in our schools it will continue to grow.
Next we need to fire (even it that means waiting for the next election) every politician, federal, provincial and municipal who mouths meaningless slogans but actually does nothing
Yup. Permitting equals permission in practice. And just look at how many City Halls in Canada raised the Palestinian flag recently: the reward for instigating the atrocities that began Oct 7th by the leaders of Gaza. And raised with such moral virtue while local Jewish schools and homes get shot at, synagogues firebombed, demonstrators hostile to Jewish citizens rule the streets with police protection, morally certain university students of every ethnicity rally in support of Islamic death cults on campuses, and we hear mewling politicians of all parties claim this is 'unacceptable' but do nothing but advance its acceptability. Canadians by and large are gullible and naïve to the nth degree but assume Never Again means wearing a fashion accessory called a poppy while helping bring about the same conditions that produced a Holocaust. Anti-Semitism is dangerous, sure, but it is also quite stupid. And in Canada from coast to coast to coast, stupid is as stupid does and goes by name of social justice.
It is highly unlikely the east will follow Alberta's lead. UoA and UoC cleared the trespassing, pro-Hamas protesters long before action was taken in Ontario or Quebec. This is cultural, a value system, and ours is not shared by those east of Kenora.
I agree. Not shared by the majority east of Kenora, true, but remember more people in Ontario voted for the Conservatives than Liberals so there is a vast number of people who are not represented in politics but who do very much share the same value system that derides and flatly rejects the social values and policies that permit demonstration for (and ends up supporting by inaction) the same goals as those championed by Islamic death cults. There's just no leadership to unite them.
There are about 5 million Muslims in Canada and less than a half million Jewish citizens. Our politicians are not, for the most part, evil anti-semites but many tend to be weak, immoral and always in pursuit of votes and maintaining the support of their party leader. The police take their direction from these elected leaders and appear reluctant to enforce existing laws dealing wth threats, assaults and intimidation against Jews. Is there a connection? Unfortunately these howling mobs and twisted individuals could have been stopped early on had the police simply enforced existing Canadian law against intimidation, assault and uttering threats.
What the "save Palestine" radicals have been allowed to do in Victoria, BC is a travesty, and a hypocritical stain on our administration of justice.
We have a sitting councillor who admitted to racist statements, and a council that shielded itself from accountability, despite the recommendation of the MNP governance report they (we) paid for.
The sooner the Ebyego is excised, the sooner we can have peace, and order, and a hope of good governance... and Jewish people can feel like this is their home too, because it is.
"Canada already has robust laws against intimidation, harassment, mischief targeting religious institutions, and the promotion of terrorist groups."
This is exactly the problem: we HAVE the laws, but we don't enforce them.
...and for the past decade plus, we've been ruled by a Party which would prefer to add a 'new' law after every tragedy, thereby signalling their "concern" (and signalling their own virtue) rather than doing the hard work of actually providing Peace, Order and Good Governance.
I have a buddy who is a federal policeman. I know his buddies. I have learned they spend hours visiting families trying to stop their children from joining the ummah in violence. The horses have left the barn. We are in trouble.
Well, Ariella, you did better than most. You actually mentioned the problem - Islamists - in paragraph 12. But we need "Islamic Terrorist" in the headline. Blaming it all on vanilla antisemitism - as if the Pakistani origins of the shooters was not a factor - is CBC level reporting, and it isn't helping.
We need Muslim communities to accept responsibility for these actions because no one else will get the genocidal Imams to shut the fuck up. It may even get our politicians, police and judges to act for all Canadians rather than the Muslim 5% of the population and their woke Canadian minions.
The author has just done what he criticises our leaders for doing; pussy footing around the rise of Islamic extremism in the West. The vote size significance of this cohort is now so large that our gutless Politicians treat it with kidd gloves.
I’m so sick of Canadian politicians (normally of Liberal persuasion but not always) stating “Canada is with you” and then providing, as an ally stated, “every assistance short of real help”.
The Israel obliteration chant commonly heard at pro Palestine rallies “ From the river to the sea” will no doubt have an additional verse “ to the shores of Bondi” (with apologies to the USMC). I wonder if someone somewhere in “La belle Province” is dreaming of adding “to the snows of Chicoutimi” to the Canadian Hanas marching song .
Why aren’t there tanks, barriers and machine gun emplacements surrounding Quebec synagogues and Jewish schools? Trudeau the Greater had no problems doing this.
The key words in here are "Islamist extremism". Deal with this and the people who participate and you'll have a significant portion of the problem fixed.
Palestinian demonstrations in Jewish neighbourhoods (as opposed to Israeli consulates) are pure harassment and intimidation. Govts need to take a "maximum response within the law" approach to these. This should absolutely include cancellation of temporary residence and ineligibility for citizenship among any non-citizens involved.
No, no
Someone else stated in a reply on an earlier post that marching through Jewish neighbourhoods chanting "from the river to the sea" is just politics.
/Sarcasm
I wish our PM was as clear and unequivocal as the Mayor of Calgary and all Police Chiefs were in step.
Dr. Carney's statement was marginally better than the one released by Iran. "Terror violence and mass killing shall be condemned, wherever they're committed, as unlawful and criminal." Generic condemnation of terrorist activity, like most of Europe.
Jewish lives matter more than the excuses our cowardly or complicit leaders make for intimidation and terror.
Freedom of assembly does not mean the right to harass Canadian Jews. Academic freedom does not mean the right to intimidate other members of the academy. Freedom of speech does not include the right to incite genocide. Freedom of the press does not mean the right to disseminate hate propaganda against Canadian Jews.
Thank you Ariella Kimmel for this article.
I wish Edmonton had a mayor with the integrity that Jeremy Farkas seems to have. Kudos to him for not just showing up but for also making meaningful statements.
Once again, Alberta leads. And this is a good start. But...
Until we recognize, address, and take back public institutions from anti-Semitic activists busy advancing the careers of other anti-Semitic activists, implementing anti-Semitic polices and anti-Semitic procedures, funding anti-Semitic champions and anti-Semitic events, until we grasp just how indoctrinated a system like public education has been captured (and is now spewing out anti-Semitic graduates including many deluded Jewish students), starting at the colleges that train teachers and recognizing curriculum and policies designed to promote and excuse and advance anti-Semitism issues, until we have the moral courage to face anti-Semitic expressions and denounce them even if clothed by political tribalism, religious purity, multicultural shielding, or racial and ethnic protections, this job has to start from the top. And I'm just not seeing enough of it to even stem the tide, which is far cry from ever turning it. What I am seeing is more and more anti-Semitic apologists obtaining and exercising public power in literally every institution from the top down that advances ever increasing levels of public hostility, violence, and intolerance against Jews generally and Israel specifically.
Yes, yes, yes. If we are ever going to stop the anti-semitic growth in Canada it needs to start with our education system, particularly the post-secondary system. Until we have the balls to fire every educator and education administration who allow anti-semitism in our schools it will continue to grow.
Next we need to fire (even it that means waiting for the next election) every politician, federal, provincial and municipal who mouths meaningless slogans but actually does nothing
Yup. Permitting equals permission in practice. And just look at how many City Halls in Canada raised the Palestinian flag recently: the reward for instigating the atrocities that began Oct 7th by the leaders of Gaza. And raised with such moral virtue while local Jewish schools and homes get shot at, synagogues firebombed, demonstrators hostile to Jewish citizens rule the streets with police protection, morally certain university students of every ethnicity rally in support of Islamic death cults on campuses, and we hear mewling politicians of all parties claim this is 'unacceptable' but do nothing but advance its acceptability. Canadians by and large are gullible and naïve to the nth degree but assume Never Again means wearing a fashion accessory called a poppy while helping bring about the same conditions that produced a Holocaust. Anti-Semitism is dangerous, sure, but it is also quite stupid. And in Canada from coast to coast to coast, stupid is as stupid does and goes by name of social justice.
It is highly unlikely the east will follow Alberta's lead. UoA and UoC cleared the trespassing, pro-Hamas protesters long before action was taken in Ontario or Quebec. This is cultural, a value system, and ours is not shared by those east of Kenora.
I agree. Not shared by the majority east of Kenora, true, but remember more people in Ontario voted for the Conservatives than Liberals so there is a vast number of people who are not represented in politics but who do very much share the same value system that derides and flatly rejects the social values and policies that permit demonstration for (and ends up supporting by inaction) the same goals as those championed by Islamic death cults. There's just no leadership to unite them.
There are about 5 million Muslims in Canada and less than a half million Jewish citizens. Our politicians are not, for the most part, evil anti-semites but many tend to be weak, immoral and always in pursuit of votes and maintaining the support of their party leader. The police take their direction from these elected leaders and appear reluctant to enforce existing laws dealing wth threats, assaults and intimidation against Jews. Is there a connection? Unfortunately these howling mobs and twisted individuals could have been stopped early on had the police simply enforced existing Canadian law against intimidation, assault and uttering threats.
What the "save Palestine" radicals have been allowed to do in Victoria, BC is a travesty, and a hypocritical stain on our administration of justice.
We have a sitting councillor who admitted to racist statements, and a council that shielded itself from accountability, despite the recommendation of the MNP governance report they (we) paid for.
The sooner the Ebyego is excised, the sooner we can have peace, and order, and a hope of good governance... and Jewish people can feel like this is their home too, because it is.
Fuck Hamas lovers.
Yes, yes, and hell yes!
We should come down hard on antisemitist terror.
"Hate has no place here."
- Politicians representing a country in which hate clearly has a place.
"Canada already has robust laws against intimidation, harassment, mischief targeting religious institutions, and the promotion of terrorist groups."
This is exactly the problem: we HAVE the laws, but we don't enforce them.
...and for the past decade plus, we've been ruled by a Party which would prefer to add a 'new' law after every tragedy, thereby signalling their "concern" (and signalling their own virtue) rather than doing the hard work of actually providing Peace, Order and Good Governance.
I have a buddy who is a federal policeman. I know his buddies. I have learned they spend hours visiting families trying to stop their children from joining the ummah in violence. The horses have left the barn. We are in trouble.
Yikes
Well, Ariella, you did better than most. You actually mentioned the problem - Islamists - in paragraph 12. But we need "Islamic Terrorist" in the headline. Blaming it all on vanilla antisemitism - as if the Pakistani origins of the shooters was not a factor - is CBC level reporting, and it isn't helping.
We need Muslim communities to accept responsibility for these actions because no one else will get the genocidal Imams to shut the fuck up. It may even get our politicians, police and judges to act for all Canadians rather than the Muslim 5% of the population and their woke Canadian minions.
The author has just done what he criticises our leaders for doing; pussy footing around the rise of Islamic extremism in the West. The vote size significance of this cohort is now so large that our gutless Politicians treat it with kidd gloves.
I’m so sick of Canadian politicians (normally of Liberal persuasion but not always) stating “Canada is with you” and then providing, as an ally stated, “every assistance short of real help”.
The Israel obliteration chant commonly heard at pro Palestine rallies “ From the river to the sea” will no doubt have an additional verse “ to the shores of Bondi” (with apologies to the USMC). I wonder if someone somewhere in “La belle Province” is dreaming of adding “to the snows of Chicoutimi” to the Canadian Hanas marching song .
Why aren’t there tanks, barriers and machine gun emplacements surrounding Quebec synagogues and Jewish schools? Trudeau the Greater had no problems doing this.
The key words in here are "Islamist extremism". Deal with this and the people who participate and you'll have a significant portion of the problem fixed.