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

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
Minister misses the mark with controversial CHRC appointment (iPolitics)

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)

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

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