I have served with Pam Damoff for almost 9 years. She has unfailingly been caring, competent & hard working. She has made the Canadian Parliament better and her decision to not run again is a true loss to our politics.

There can be no better collaborator to take on Jew-hate with than Deborah Lyons. Together, with the help of Canadians from all faiths we will make a difference. Il n’y a pas de place pour l’antisémitisme au Canada.

This morning McGill University has advised that they have requested police assistance. I am hopeful the skillful Police Montréal police will work with the administration to resolve the situation ensuring everyone’s security and well being.

Latest from McGill University is efforts to resolve the situation through dialogue have been unsuccessful culminating in the emergence of disturbing antisemitic rhetoric. McGill has moved to next steps of its procedure as there are threats to security & hateful rhetoric flagrantly used.

In its latest statement McGill University advises the encampment has tripled & that many, if not the majority are not from McGill. It also condemns the unequivocally antisemitic language & intimidation occurring. McGill leadership is meeting now on next steps. I hope for swift action.

I call on the McGill University administration to act. Final exams are coming up and all students need to feel safe on campus.

Encampments are a violation of university policy. City police are municipal & universities fall under provincial jurisdiction. I call upon university administrators, police (and if needed provincial governments) to act. We can’t allow what is happening in the US to happen here.

Canada has joined the US and UK in imposing new sanctions against Iran. The Iranian regime is the world’s biggest state sponsor of terror. I applaud these sanctions & again call on the government to designate the IRGC as a terrorist organization.

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It was a pleasure to join my colleague Elisabeth Prass to speak at the Knights of Pythias event tonight.

Ce fut un plaisir de me joindre à ma collègue Elisabeth Prass pour prendre la parole ce soir à l’occasion de l’événement des Chevaliers de Pythias.

Canada joins the United States and 15 other countries to demand the immediate release of the hostages held by terrorist organizations in Gaza.

It was important and encouraging to hear this statement from the Prime Minister in response to a question about the hateful, violent language that he and so many of us condemned over the weekend: “we have laws against hate speech, against incitement to violence, and we expect…

I have met Rachel and Jonathan on a number of occasions as they have worked non stop for the release of Hersh & all the hostages. I pray for them, all the hostage families & the hostages themselves. The war started with HAMAS’s brutal murder & kidnapping. Never forget this.

200 days since the world changed. 200 days since incidents of antisemitism have grown to record highs in Canada and around the world. And 200 days of brutal captivity for the hostages kidnapped by Hamas terrorists. There is not a meeting or event I attend where I don’t talk about…

Ayant vu une vidéo de cette fin de semaine, je ne peux qu’exprimer ma consternation et mon dégoût face à l’antisémitisme et la glorification du terrorisme qui ont pris place sur la Colline parlementaire. Ces discours haineux n’ont aucune place au Canada. Aucune.

Having seen video from this weekend, I can only express shock and disgust at the antisemitism and glorification of terrorism that occurred on Parliament Hill. This hate speech has no place in Canada. None.

Great to join Rechie Valdez Sonny Moroz Stephanie Valenzuela and Filipino community leaders at FAMAS this afternoon.

Standard methods of police and campus de-escalation used for demonstrations that cross the line into promoting terrorism & hate has not been effective. It has actually empowered the haters. We need police & universities across North America to use a more active approach.