Mélanie Joly condemns Hamas rapes of Israeli women
Opposition parties have been pressing the government for weeks to condemn the sexual violence by Hamas.
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Opposition parties have been pressing the government for weeks to condemn the sexual violence by Hamas.
It may seem crude to compare the ravages of Islamophobia with the problem of antisemitism in Canada. After all, both are despicable, and both must be
Award-winning Canadian author Nora Gold discusses the skyrocketing of antisemitism since October 7.
Instances of antisemitism and Islamophobia have been rising across Canada since the Israel-Hamas war began. Two people the federal government has charged with addressing these longstanding concerns are Deborah Lyons, Canada's Special Envoy on Preserving Holocaust Remembrance and Combatting Antisemitism, and Amira Elghawaby, Canada's Special Representative on Combatting Islamophobia. They both speak with Piya Chattopadhyay about the need to come together and find a way through the violence we are seeing at home and abroad.
Police data across Canada shows an increase in antisemitic and Islamophobic hate crimes and incidents, as communities grapple with the effects of the Israel-Hamas war.