Carney Cannot Address Anti-Semitism in Canada By Appointing Anti-Semites

Last Monday, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney gave an address concerning the surge of anti-Semitism in Canada at Holy Blossom Temple in Toronto:

Carney admitted that "Canada's civic compact is failing Jewish Canadians."

In an effort to address this failure, Carney announced the establishment of a Ministerial Advisory Council on Rights, Equality, and Inclusion.

However, Carney appointed two members who will do little to address Canadian anti-Semitism. Indeed, their presence will very likely exacerbate it.

One of the members appointed by Carney is Omar Alghabra, a former Liberal cabinet minister and onetime President of the Canadian Arab Federation, has publicly questioned whether Hamas, Hezbollah and the al-Aqsa Martyr Brigades are terrorist organizations and intend to destroy Israel. It is worth noting that Alghabra also publicly refused to condemn the October 7th attacks.

Carney has also appointed Avish Nanda, an attorney who is representing those (including two Palestinian students) who organized an encampment at the University of Alberta at Edmonton back in 2024. Nanda will attempt to argue that the dismantlement of the encampment is a violation of the Canadian Charter of Freedom. 

Let us remember that the surge in anti-Semitism in Canada (and indeed the world over) began on October 7, 2023, a day that saw more Jews killed since the end of WWII. Yet Alghabra refuses to condemn the attack while Nanda represents those who support Hamas.

If Mark Carney were serious about ending the scourge of anti-Semitism in Canada, he would not have appointed such scoundrels to a committee intended to combat it.