Associate Director, Government Relations (Ontario) The Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs (CIJA) builds and nurtures relationships with leaders in government, media, academia, civil society, and other faith and ethnic...Read More
Ottawa Mayor Mark Sutcliffe vowed not to participate in the upcoming Captial Pride events days after Jewish rights organizations pulled support from Ottawa’s Pride organization over its anti-Israel stance.
This week, we welcomed the news that an individual with a track record wholly unsuited for the job was persuaded to resign as Human Rights Commissioner, and we hosted a...Read More
A Supreme Court of British Columbia justice in Vancouver issued an injunction to Vancouver Island University on Aug. 15 to remove a pro-Palestinian encampment, the last of its kind at a Canadian university, from its campus in Nanaimo within 72 hours, or by Aug, 18 at 9:30 a.m. PDT.
Charlotte Kates of the Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network appeared recently on Iranian state television; she spoke about being arrested in Vancouver and referred to Western democracy as a “lie.”
On August 10, the federal government announced that effective immediately, the charitable status of Jewish National Fund (JNF) has been revoked. The announcement was posted in the Canada Gazette, the government’s official newspaper.