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This Week in Canadian Jewish Advocacy, July 7, 2024

This week, we articulated the dangers to Canadian society and to our shared values inherent in the concept of APR, marched in celebration of Queer Jewish joy and support of...Read More

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July 07, 2024

CIJA comment on the appointment of Dattani (CBC Radio One)

A firestorm has erupted over the appointment of Canada's new Human Rights Commissioner, Bju Tani. Previous comments he made have sparked outrage from Jewish groups. The Government suggested Dani did not disclose key information during the appointmen

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July 05, 2024

Board director of organization that will help decide how Google’s $100M is distributed regrets her anti-Israel retweets (National Post, + Postmedia Syndication)

'I acknowledge that some of the content I reshared on social media adds to the pain of Jewish communities and I apologize for that unreservedly,' said Sadia Zaman

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July 05, 2024

Montreal police remove protesters from pro-Palestinian encampment at Victoria Square (CBC News)

Montreal police in riot gear kicked protesters out of a pro-Palestinian encampment in Victoria Square early Friday morning.

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July 05, 2024

Conservatives vow to remove Liberals' pick for Canadian Human Rights Commission (CTV News, + The Canadian Press Syndication)

The Opposition Conservatives vowed Friday that a future Pierre Poilievre-led government would remove the man the Liberals just appointed to lead the Canadian Human Rights Commission.

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July 05, 2024

Government now says new human rights chief did disclose key information about controversial social media posts (CBC News)

The news raises questions about what the government knew about Birju Dattani's online activity

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July 05, 2024

Feds say new human rights head disclosed controversial social media account (Western Standard)

The Canadian government said Canadian Human Rights Commission (CHRC) Chief Commissioner Birju Dattani did provide the social media account he made controversial posts with, despite saying at first it was not shared before he was hired.

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July 05, 2024

Minister misses the mark with controversial CHRC appointment (iPolitics)

“What I observed was there was a strong preference from the PMO (and PCO, to an extent) to appoint people with a long history of human rights activism. They were far more concerned about this rather than actual legal competence and experience to draft complicated, quasi-judicial legal decisions, which is a complex task that not every law school graduate can do.”

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July 05, 2024

Opinion: The folly of pro-Palestinian protesters screaming at Jewish teenage girls playing softball in Surrey, B.C. (The Canadian Jewish News)

It was a sunny Wednesday evening in Surrey, B.C., when a loud group of pro-Palestinian protesters decided to disrupt a softball game played between Canada and Israel as part of the Canada Cup Women’s International Softball Championship. In photos posted to social media on July 3, the sidelined hecklers can be seen brandishing signs with the all-too-familiar modern blood libel of genocide and equating Israel to Nazi Germany.

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July 04, 2024