Aujourd’hui, Ensemble Montréal déposera la déclaration suivante au conseil municipal. À Montréal, le vivre-ensemble est l’une de nos plus grandes forces. Nous avons la responsabilité collective de le défendre. C’est ensemble qu’on y arrive.

Carney on Pierre Poilievre's criticism that Canada already has a trade deal and that these trips aren't helpful for Canadians: We are not satisfied with the status quo. Maybe the leader of the opposition is, but we're not ... the opportunity for Canada in Europe is as big, if not bigger, than any other economy.

Carney on Canada-Ireland-European integration: Combined, the population is more than twice that of the US. We have a larger cultural export industry and a more diverse one, a similarly sized GDP. Together we are one of the largest economic, cultural, technological, financial blocs in the world.

We are putting Canadians back in control of our food system — and bringing down costs at the checkout.

Canada continues to oppose the expansion of settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem. Today, together with Australia, France, Norway and the U.K., we announced coordinated sanctions targeting those supporting extremist settler violence against Palestinian civilians. As we impose this fifth round of sanctions, we remain committed to a comprehensive, just and lasting peace where Israelis and Palestinians can live in peace and security. canada.ca/en/global-affairs/…

The new Canada Groceries and Essentials Benefit means families will get up to $1,890 this year, helping with the cost of buying groceries and necessities for those who need it most. The first payment went out on Friday — giving a boost to more than 12 million Canadians.

60,000 strong in the face of hate. 💪🇨🇦🇮🇱 When your government doesn’t stand with you, your voice gets louder. Thank you to all of those who kept us safe today and every ally who showed up to be counted, ✌️

I grew up attending synagogue at Temple Emanu-El in Montreal, so last night’s attempted arson attack hits close to home. I am grateful to the police for their swift response, which prevented further damage to the synagogue. These incidents are not isolated acts of mischief; they are reminders of the serious, organized, and growing threat of antisemitism that Jewish communities face in Canada and around the world—particularly since October 7, 2023. They underscore the importance of continued action to fight antisemitism, including ongoing federal funding to support security for Jewish religious and cultural spaces. Together, at all orders of government, across all of our neighbourhoods and in all of our organizations, we have an obligation to join together to fight antisemitism. As the Jewish community prepares to welcome Shabbat this evening, I am thinking especially of everyone at Temple Emanu-El and the Jewish community in Montreal. An attack on a synagogue is not only an attack on a building; it is an attempt to intimidate a community and make Jews feel unwelcome in their own city and country. We cannot accept that as normal.

Suspect in custody after arson attempt on Westmount synagogue montrealgazette.com/news/loc…

Q to Carney "What does your government plan to do against those who bring their animosities to this country and spread hatred?" Carney goes with policing and laws but segues to make hate directed at certain groups " all of our responsibility as Canadians." Canadians have been asking the government to enforce the laws that we already have... and the Carney government has responded with more word salad, deflection and gibberish Then he fails with an analogy "And part of the reason it's first in the world is it's the same care for everyone who comes through that door. " Carney has given expedited citizenship to certain particular groups who are most likely to bring their animosities and taught antisemitic hate from Gaza. His government has done nothing to address this. He has absolutely no self awareness... just jabber @MarkJCarney

Mark Carney’s answer to the disgusting and violent rise of antisemitism in Canada? Just another Liberal council. More bureaucracy. More meetings. More Liberal dithering. What we need is enforcement of our existing laws now to protect Jewish Canadians. Immediately lock up the criminals who are shooting at Jewish schools, firebombing synagogues and terrorizing communities. Secure our borders to keep out visiting terrorists, extremists, and hate-mongers. And stop the Liberal doublespeak and division that has driven people apart. Conservatives will not stop holding this Liberal government accountable for their failures until every Jewish Canadian can live safely and peacefully in their own country.

This is far longer than my typical post, but it tells an important story of what appears to be an attempt by leadership at Massey College to censor a major conference on antisemitism, leading to the resignation of one of its senior fellows. The disappointment that greeted Mark Carney’s antisemitism speech this week is partly a function of a Jewish community that has been facing real threats for months, with fears that our governments and institutions have been unwilling to confront them directly and honestly. Hours before the Carney speech, I received a note from Peter Biro, a Toronto lawyer and longtime senior fellow at the University of Toronto’s Massey College, that provided a tangible example of the harm. Biro, facing what appears to have been an attempt by Massey College leadership to censor a major antisemitism conference planned for this fall, resigned his fellowship rather than succumb to it. Biro proposed, organized, and committed to personally fund a one-day conference, “Antisemitism in Our ‘Free and Democratic Society’: A Canary’s Song,” co-presented with the Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights and featuring Deborah Lipstadt, Deborah Lyons, and Irwin Cotler, among others. According to his resignation letter, which I am sharing here with his permission, the College told him it had never approved the event and insisted on appointing an advisory committee to review, curate, and approve a version of the program that fit the College’s “mission and approach.” When he asked who had raised concerns and whether such a committee had any precedent, he says he received no answer. Biro calls the stated objection false and a pretext. The real concern, he argues, is the substance: how antisemitism would be examined, by whom, and whether a human rights centre founded by a Jewish and Zionist lawyer was an acceptable partner. That objection makes little sense, since the College itself partnered with the very same centre only months ago. In Biro’s words, the committee “looks and feels less like prudent corporate governance and more like antisemitism.” Read the letter and judge for yourself. Here is the part that should worry everyone. An academic institution responded to a conference on antisemitism, organized by one of its own fellows and featuring some of the world’s most notable antisemitism scholars, by insisting that an oversight committee was needed to decide whether the subject was being handled appropriately. I’ve organized many conferences and never had university leadership intervene in this manner. Massey College, much like Mark Carney, had a chance to lead, but both failed to meet the moment. The conference will go on in Toronto on September 15. The stain on Massey College will not come off as easily.