She subsequently denied being antisemitic:
Other accusations of anti-Semitism are being construed from viral screen shots actively being spread by the Jewish Defence League and now some people in our community. The JDL is fringe group that does not represent the majority of Jewish people in Canada. It creates propaganda to paint Palestinian rights activists as anti-Semitic and cancel BDS activism. Removed from context these posts may have appeared as anti-Semitic, linking all Jewish people to the JDL, or invoking harmful anti-Jewish tropes. Specifically I made comments about Canadian media and government being influenced by Zionist forces in this country. I still believe this to be true, but I
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January 14, 2021 · 0 Comments
Written By ALYSSA PARKHILL
LOCAL JOURNALISM INITIATIVE REPORTER
The Ontario Human Rights Tribunal has ordered Peel Police to pay $35,000 in damages due to the handcuffing of a Black six-year-old girl back in September of 2016.
On September 30, 2016, staff members at the young girl’s Peel District School Board elementary school board called Peel Police in assistance of police presence due to “violent behaviour” from the young girl.
Two white Peel police officers attended the school where they bound the six-year-old by not only her wrists, but her ankles as well after the girl tried to get away from the officers. She was held in these restraints on her stomach for 28 minutes. It wasn’t the first-time police were called by staff members of the school regarding the young girl.
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The University of Waterloo says it will review a ruling by the Court of Appeal that says the school discriminated against a Waterloo region man they refused admission to because of poor grades.
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Roch Longueépée says a recent Court of Appeal ruling in his favour sets a new precedent for people with disabilities and people who are institutional abuse survivors. (Submitted by Roch Longueépée)
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