You’re three months too late.

You’re three months too late.

Those were the words Rabbi Sam Taylor reportedly directed at Prime Minister Mark Carney as he left a gathering with Jewish community leaders.

Whether one agrees with the sentiment or not, those four words struck a chord with many Canadian Jews.

Not because they were disrespectful.

Not because they were political.

But because they captured a frustration that has been building for months.

According to B’nai Brith Canada, more than 6,800 antisemitic incidents were recorded in 2025, the highest number since tracking began. Synagogues were firebombed. Jewish schools were targeted by gunfire. Holocaust memorials were vandalized. Jews were physically attacked in the streets.

These are not merely statistics.

They represent Jewish Canadians who have watched their sense of security erode in a country that once prided itself on tolerance, diversity, and inclusion.

The Prime Minister recently acknowledged that Canada is failing its Jewish citizens.

The statement was important.

But for many Jews, it felt as though the acknowledgment arrived only after the crisis had become impossible to ignore.

And that is why Rabbi Taylor’s words resonated so deeply.

For many Jews, they reflected a painful reality: the alarm bells had been ringing for months, yet too few seemed willing to listen.

I went to school in Canada. I built my career in Canada. I cared for my parents there. For more than fifty years, Canada was home.

And I was proud to be Canadian.

Was Canada perfect? Of course not.

But compared to so many places throughout history where Jews faced........

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