Liberal MPs Ask Universities If Calling for Genocide of Jews Violates School Codes
Published on December 14, 2023
Five Liberal members of Parliament are asking 25 Canadian university presidents to say whether calling for a genocide against Jewish people, or the elimination of Israel, violates their school policies. The letter, shared online by Montreal MP Anthony Housefather, comes amid a rise in antisemitism during the Israel-Hamas war, including on campuses. Former justice minister David Lametti, fellow Montreal MP Anna Gainey, Winnipeg representative Ben Carr and ex-public-safety minister Marco Mendicino also signed the letter. Mr. Housefather and Mr. Carr are Jewish, and the letter says all five MPs been hearing from students in their constituencies who are being harassed by peers or “subjected to hostile environments in some classrooms.”...