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Author: Marcus Gee
Publication Date: January 17, 2026 - 06:00

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Politicians have no place telling police how to do their jobs

January 17, 2026

The provincial government and the Toronto police are butting heads. The subject is how to manage pro-Palestinian protests in the city. The province says that the police are not doing enough. The police say they are doing everything they can within the law. The police, in this case, are right.

The clash comes against a background of rising antisemitism across Canada. The Hamas-led Oct. 7, 2023, massacre in Israel and the ugly war in Gaza that followed were the match that lit the tinder.



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