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While Americans pride themselves on “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness,” Canada’s Constitution is grounded in “peace, order and good government.” Those words express a foundational Canadian promise: laws will be enforced consistently, institutions will uphold basic standards and disagreements will be resolved peacefully — not through violence.

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For Jewish-Canadians, that promise has too often fallen short over the past three years.

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The Hamas-led terrorist attacks of Oct. 7, 2023, not only marked the deadliest day for the Jewish people since the Holocaust, they unleashed a global wave of antisemitism on a scale not seen in generations. Here in Canada, the impact has been felt across the country and in every part of........

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