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GORDON: Justice Minister Virani… not the man to take lead on antisemitism

It’s uncertain whether the federal government’s National Forum on Combating Antisemitism, occurring next month, is a case of “too little too late,” or “better late than never.”

For the past sixteen months antisemitism in Canada has reached unprecedented levels, rising six-hundred percent. Jews are the target of 70 percent of all religion-motivated hate crimes; particularly alarming given that Jews make up less than 1% of Canada’s population.

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