To describe Wednesday’s announcement by Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree — earmarking $10 million to Jewish organizations so they can better fortify their synagogues, schools, daycare centres and summer camps from terrorist attacks — as too little too late would be an understatement.

The fact it comes after three synagogues in the Greater Toronto Area were shot at in the wake of the U.S./Israel attack on Iran — as opposed to the hundreds of attacks, threats, intimidation and violence aimed at Jews across Canada ever since Hamas’ terrorist attacks on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023 — illustrates the problem.

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That is that once you let Jew hatred out of the bottle by ignoring and minimizing it for more than two years, it’s impossible to put it back where it came from.

To be fair, spending $10 million, mainly in Toronto and Montreal, to increase security........

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