Antisemitism has been rampant in Canada since October 7, 2023.

In 2025, B’nai Brith Canada documented 6,800 incidents of antisemitism, which is by far the highest volume of antisemitic incidents ever recorded.

Marc Carney, who has been the Prime Minister of Canada for about 15 months, finally decided to address the antisemitism that has plagued Canada’s Jewish community at Holy Blossom Temple in Toronto last week. This address by the Prime Minster was months too late.

Given the importance of this issue, he should have delivered this statement in front of parliament in the House of Commons.

His speech should have started off with an apology to all Jewish Canadians on behalf of the Government of Canada for failing to address the rise of hatred against Jewish Canadians.

His speech should have focused exclusively on antisemitism. While hatred against any group or minority is wrong and should be condemned, his speech should have focused on Jewish Canadians who have been targeted disproportionately in Canada in the last several years.

The Prime Minister appropriately noted the scale of antisemitism in Canada in the last few years. “Across our country, antisemitism has surged to levels not seen in the post-war period.” He then proceeded to name multiple examples of hatred and violence against Jews in Canada.

However, he did not mention the word Zionism or make any reference to Israel in his speech.

Even Canada’s former Prime Minster Justin Trudeau stated in early 2025: “The term Zionist increasingly being tossed around as a pejorative, in spite of the fact that it simply means believing the right of the Jewish people, like all people, to........

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