Call on the Government of Canada to establish a Federal Royal Commission on Antisemitism in Canada
We, the undersigned, call on the Government of Canada to establish a Federal Royal Commission on Antisemitism in Canada. 

Antisemitism in Canada has reached crisis levels, with incidents rising 124% over the past two years and an average of more than 17 antisemitic incidents occurring daily. 

Jewish people across the country are facing harassment, intimidation, vandalism, threats, and violence in schools, campuses, workplaces, synagogues, and neighbourhoods.  

Online hate, extremist threats, and the normalization of antisemitic rhetoric are placing Jewish communities at increasing risk.  

To date, the Government of Canada has failed to adequately address the scale, urgency, and escalating severity of this alarming national crisis. 

We urgently call on the Government of Canada to immediately establish a Federal Royal Commission on Antisemitism to investigate the scope, sources, and systemic nature of antisemitism in Canada and to deliver concrete, actionable recommendations to protect Jewish Canadians and uphold Canadian values. 

Jewish communities worldwide have already been targeted during their holiest moments. In Manchester, a synagogue was attacked on Yom Kippur, the most solemn day of the Jewish year. In Bondi Beach, two gunmen opened fire during Chanukah, a holiday defined by light and celebration, while in Toronto, a synagogue was attacked with gunfire shortly after Purim ended, yet another moment of joy and communal gathering disrupted by violence. In recent days, Jewish owned businesses, including restaurants, in Toronto and Montreal have been targeted with gunfire and vandalized.

These were not random acts; they reflect a deliberate strategy by extremists to strike when and where Jewish communities gather, pray, and are most visible.

Following the Bondi Beach attack a threat assessment from the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) raised an alarming warning: the same conditions that enabled the Bondi attack are present in Canada. The assessment warned that a violent extremist attack targeting Canada’s Jewish community is a “realistic possibility.” This is not a theoretical risk. Lives are at stake, Canada faces the same vulnerabilities that have already led to tragedy abroad.

Canada cannot wait for an attack on its own soil before acting. Protecting Jewish communities requires swift, decisive, and proactive measures before lives are lost—not after.

The time to act for the safety, dignity, and security of Jewish Canadians, and for the moral integrity of Canada itself, is now.  

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