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For three years, Canada’s Jewish community has suffered through a previously unimaginable rise in antisemitism.

OPINION: Antisemitism in Canada more than an awareness problem Back to video

Jewish voices across the country, including B’nai Brith Canada, repeatedly called on the government to address the devolving crisis head on. When news broke that Prime Minister Mark Carney would finally be addressing the state of antisemitism, Jewish Canadians from coast to coast waited with bated breath.

The threat facing Jewish Canadians had been made all too real. Shootings, bomb threats, arson attacks, violence, and open hostility in our streets have underscored the direness of the situation. The community, which has fervently called for the implementation of concrete and tangible actions to stop the hate, allowed itself, even amid increased frustration, to wonder if the address would serve as the impetus for real change.

Would this be the start of the sorely needed response that had been missing for far too long?

Mark Carney’s remarks failed to meet the moment

Then Monday happened, the Prime Minister took to the podium, and........

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