CIJA in the News

Jewish community takes food inspection agency to court over slaughter guidelines (CityNews Toronto, + The Canandian Press Syndication)

A group of agencies that certify Kosher meat took the government to court Wednesday to ask for an injunction against Canadian Food Inspection Agency guidelines for the ritual slaughter of animals.

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July 10, 2024

L’Université McGill évince les militants propalestiniens de son campus (Le Devoir)

Après deux mois et demi de mobilisation, le campement propalestinien érigé sur le terrain de l’Université McGill, au centre-ville de Montréal, a été démantelé mercredi. Une situation décriée par plusieurs étudiants à l’origine de cette occupation qui visait à dénoncer les investissements de l’établissement dans des entreprises d’armement.

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July 10, 2024

Trudeau appoints new adviser on Canadian Jewish community and antisemitism (The Times of Israel)

MP Housefather designated for new role following series of violent attacks on Jewish institutions and after PM’s party lost an election in stronghold with large Jewish population

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July 09, 2024

'All hands on deck': Anthony Housefather to combat Canada's Jew-hatred (The Jerusalem Post, + JTA Syndication)

Anthony Housefather’s appointment Friday came as Canada has seen a spike in violent antisemitism.

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July 09, 2024

Boycottage de restaurants Parce que « nous sommes juifs » (La Presse)

Une liste de restaurants montréalais « à boycotter » en raison de leurs « liens avec Israël » circule depuis plusieurs mois sur les réseaux sociaux. Face aux propos haineux et aux appels à la violence qui se multiplient à l’encontre des restaurateurs et, plus généralement, de la communauté juive, le Centre consultatif des relations juives et israéliennes tire la sonnette d’alarme.

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July 09, 2024

Liberal MP Anthony Housefather talks about his new role as the federal government's special adviser on Jewish community relations (The Canadian Jewish News)

Anthony Housefather, MP for the Mount Royal riding of Montreal, was named special adviser on Jewish community relations and antisemitism, the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) announced on July 5.

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July 08, 2024

PCO says it didn't search new human rights chief's online aliases, blames 'administrative oversight' (CBC)

PCO says it will review its background check process

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July 08, 2024

Trudeau government slammed for gap in screening of human rights commission head (Toronto Star)

A background check obtained by the Star is exposing gaps in the federal government’s screening process and public explanation of its controversial hiring of the newest chief of the Canadian Human Rights Commission.

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July 08, 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

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