Policy Positions

If Not Now, When?

Cliquez ici pour le français September 29, 2023 OTTAWA – B’nai Brith Canada is further advancing its call for the Federal Government to release the complete and unredacted 1985-1986 Deschênes Commission report on Nazis who immigrated to Canada after World War II, as well as all other classified Holocaust-related records. The Jewish community expects more than an apology after parliament last […]

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B’nai Brith Canada commémore la Journée des droits de la personne en Corée du Nord

CLICK HERE FOR ENGLISH 28 septembre 2023 OTTAWA – En cette 10e Journée annuelle des droits de la personne en Corée du Nord, B’nai Brith Canada demande au gouvernement du Canada de prendre d’autres mesures contre le régime despotique du dictateur Kim Jong Un. La République populaire démocratique de Corée du Nord (RPDC) est un

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B’nai Brith Canada Commemorates Human Rights in North Korea Day

Cliquez ici pour le français September 28, 2023 OTTAWA – On this 10th annual Human Rights in North Korea Day, B’nai Brith Canada is calling on the Government of Canada to take further action against dictator Kim Jong Un’s despotic regime. The Democratic People’s Republic of North Korea (DPRK) is an authoritarian state that spends most of its

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B’nai Brith Demands Action, Not Words, After Nazi SS Veteran Celebrated in Canadian Parliament

Cliquez ici pour le français September 26, 2023 OTTAWA – B’nai Brith Canada is calling on the Federal Government to restore public trust in our institutions after elected representatives feted a Nazi SS veteran in Parliament last week. Canada’s wartime records remain shrouded in mystery. B’nai Brith demands Ottawa take this opportunity to finally open all Holocaust-related records to

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B’nai Brith lance une nouvelle campagne pour mettre fin au financement par le Canada de la radicalisation des jeunes

CLICK HERE FOR ENGLISH 21 septembre 2023 OTTAWA – La poésie glorifie les terroristes. Des cours d’histoire qui effacent l’histoire juive d’Israël. Des problèmes de mathématiques encouragent les jeunes à se livrer à des actes de violence contre des soldats. Ces contenus détestables, souvent antisémites, sont monnaie courante dans les programmes scolaires enseignés dans les

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B’nai Brith Launches New Campaign to End Canada’s Funding of Radicalization of Youths

Cliquez ici pour le français September 21, 2023 OTTAWA – Poetry glorifying terrorists. History lessons erasing Israel’s Jewish history. Math problems encouraging youth to engage in violence against soldiers. Such detestable, often antisemitic, content is commonplace in the curriculum taught throughout areas under the control of the Palestinian Authority (PA), including in United Nations Relief

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Protesting the CPSM Proposal

In a strongly worded letter, B’nai Brith demanded that the College of Physicians & Surgeons of Manitoba (CPSM) drop its proposal that would ban CPSM members from performing circumcisions outside of a medical clinic or hospital. If enacted, this would constitute a significant infringement on the important Jewish lifecycle event of Brit Milah. Jewish circumcisions

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What We Told the Interparliamentary Task Force on Online Antisemitism

November 13, 2020 B’nai Brith Canada OTTAWA – B’nai Brith Canada welcomed the opportunity to testify Tuesday on the essential need to counter online hate before the newly created Interparliamentary Task Force on Online Antisemitism. The Task Force, which includes influential Canadian parliamentarians from the major parties as well as partners from Israel, Australia, the United Kingdom

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Getting It Right on Election Dates: B’nai Brith in Dialogue with Elections Officials

September 24, 2020 B’nai Brith Canada OTTAWA – B’nai Brith Canada is advocating for the democratic rights of Jewish voters when it comes to the date of Canada’s next election. Elections Canada is consulting stakeholders such as B’nai Brith on dates for the next federal election, possibly to take place during the challenging time of COVID-19. In

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