antisemitism

After losing a Toronto-area riding the Liberals have held for more than three decades, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Tuesday he heard the "concerns and frustrations" of voters.

An organizer who encouraged Jewish residents to vote against the Liberals in this week's Toronto byelection suggests a rise in antisemitism motivated many to show up at the polls.

"I can't continue to be the only voice speaking up against antisemitism and Jew hatred," said Robinson. "All of this has made Jewish people feel unsafe and I have shared all of this with the premier's office over the last five months and I continue to be the only one who is saying we have to do something differently."

The Liberal government plans to create a new digital safety regulator to compel social-media platforms to take action against online harms and remove damaging content — including child sex-abuse material and intimate images shared without consent — under penalty of millions of dollars in fines.

RCMP are warning about a rise in violent extremism among Canadian youth, while Jewish leaders urge community members to be diligent about security after two teenagers were arrested on terror-related charges in the last five days.

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre released a blueprint for how he would respond to an uptick in hate crimes on Thursday, Nov. 23, 2023, while the Liberals accused him of being irresponsible for prematurely labelling an explosion at a Canada-U.S. border checkpoint a "terrorist attack" the day before.

The federal government is spending $5 million on private security and other safety measures for community groups worried about an increase in hate-fuelled violence, the public safety minister announced on Monday, November 6, 2023.

The federal government is conducting a "complete review" of funding to an anti-racism group whose senior consultant sent a series of tweets about "Jewish white supremacists," Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Tuesday, August 30, 2022.

Justin Trudeau has a fondness for big promises and soaring rhetoric. But if you’re going to preach something to the public, you’d better be sure you’re practising it, writes columnist Max Fawcett.

The federal diversity minister says he's taking action over "disturbing" tweets by a senior consultant on an anti-racism project that received $133,000 from his department.

Prominent Jewish group B’nai Brith Canada and a legal expert are questioning a Quebec judge’s claim that it is not a widely accepted fact that Nazi ideology led to the murder of Jews.

Yulia Kovaliv told MPs at a House of Commons committee that Russia is using sexual violence as a weapon of war and said rape and sexual assault must be investigated as war crimes.

Holocaust denial is to be outlawed in Canada, in a further effort to stamp out rising antisemitism.

Trumpism has corrupted Canada’s Conservatives and alienated any remaining moderates in their midst, writes columnist Max Fawcett.

The daylong siege at the Congregation Beth Israel synagogue in Colleyville, Texas, ended on Saturday night after U.S. federal agents stormed the temple.