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With the latest warning from Canada’s Integrated Threat Assessment Centre stating that a violent mass attack remains a realistic possibility, the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs is urging Ottawa to increase funding for enhanced security in the upcoming Spring Economic Statement . security “We’ve seen synagogues and businesses in the community targeted with gunfire recently in Toronto. That builds on the arson attacks and shooting attacks that had taken place previously, targeting synagogues and schools across the country,” says Noah Shack, CIJA’s CEO. “We need systemic change to...
April 19, 2026 - 08:00 | National Post Staff | National Post
A majority of Canadians believe Israelis are more likely to face prejudice as a result of the Iran war, according to a new survey. The survey is looking at “the impact of the War with Iran on Canadians’ views about groups that might associated with it — in the context of the wider middle east conflict,” says Jack Jedwab, president and CEO of the Association for Canadian Studies, which commissioned the survey from Leger on the occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, which will be marked on Saturday. Last month, Israel and the United States...
March 21, 2026 - 07:00 | National Post Staff | National Post
Pierre Poilievre made his debut on the Joe Rogan Experience this week and earned the respect of many Canadians for keeping it “classy.” The interview with Rogan dropped Thursday afternoon and included some heavy-hitting topics such as the Trump administration tariffs, as well as the 51st state jibes, Canada’s oil sands, Canada’s parliamentary system and Poilievre’s role within it. The JRE, as it’s known, boasts an audience of of almost 21 million subscribers and 11 million downloads per episode, according to Edison Research . “He won’t attack Canada’s Prime Minister on foreign soil,”...
March 20, 2026 - 13:44 | National Post Staff | National Post
The former board president of Egale Canada, a leading Canadian group that advocates for LGBT rights, says she now wants to devote her energies to fighting antisemitism. Jacki Lewis is managing partner of Toronto law firm, Lewis & Associates. She has 30 years’ experience representing refugees before the Refugee Protection Division and Federal Court of Canada and was president of Egale Canada’s board for more than 10 years. “My reasons for leaving are that I have been with the organization for a long time and my politics and priorities lie with fighting antisemitism with Tafsik...
March 12, 2026 - 16:18 | National Post Staff | National Post
A Jewish Montreal woman says federal officials have offered her only a limited apology after passport office employees told her she could not indicate Israel as her country of birth because of “political conflict.”Anastasia Zorchinsky is a Canadian citizen but was born in Kfar Saba, in central Israel. However, she says Service Canada officials told her because of the “political conflict we cannot put Israel in your passport.” Alternatively, she was told she could have indicated her birth country as Palestine, and that Kfar Saba was one of several cities that was allegedly caught by this...
December 3, 2025 - 15:03 | National Post Staff | National Post
October 31, 2025 - 04:00 | | CBC News - Canada
