Liberal MPs Among Canadians in DC Tuesday to Battle Rising Antisemitism

Two Liberal MPs are part of a Canadian delegation in the U.S. capital on Nov. 13 to join a multilateral effort to combat the rise in antisemitism. Mental Health Minister Ya’ara Saks and Montreal MP Anthony Housefather are taking part in two days of meetings as part of the International Council of Jewish Parliamentarians. Mr. Housefather says this is the council’s first in-person meeting in eight years and comes during what he describes as the worst worldwide upsurge in antisemitism since the 1930s. He says recent incidents in Montreal—including attacks on synagogues and Jewish schools and a protest at Concordia University last week that turned violent—have been his most emotional time as an elected official....