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KINSELLA: Antisemitism continues to fester under Mark Carney Liberals

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29.04.2026

One year ago today, Mark Carney’s Liberals won a minority government.

One year later, there has been a lot of analysis about what Carney has accomplished in that year and what he hasn’t. It’s a mixed bag with much of the commentariat adopting a wait-and-see attitude. Voters, however, are pretty enthusiastic: Angus Reid’s pollsters say Carney is approved of by 60% of Canadians, which is only a bit less than where Jean Chretien was a year in.

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Abacus says 54% of Canadians approve of the job Carney’s government is doing. Just under 30% disapprove. (Both Angus Reid and Abacus say not many people feel the country is on the “right track,” however.)

So there’s lots of polling happening at the one-year mark. But nobody has really measured another important subject: How Canadians feel about the effectiveness of the Carney government in fighting antisemitism.

Because — make no mistake — Jew hatred is really, really bad in Canada. And since Carney’s election, it has gotten demonstrably worse. At present, Canada is considered to have one of the worst antisemitism problems in the world.

6,800 antisemitic incidents reported in 2025

This week, as it does every year around this time, the human rights organization B’nai........

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