1/4 CIJA and @CanadianFSWC are working together to fight #antisemitism, and through CIJA have engaged @PrivyCouncilCA after @Israellycoolweek reported that a senior analyst at PCO appears to have published extreme and egregious #antisemitic posts on social media. #cdnpoli
2/4 A Facebook page purporting to belong to a member of the public service employed @PrivyCouncilCA includes dozens of hateful messages, including accusations of Jews collaborating with Hitler and being “Khazar converts” with a “false history.”
3/4 After alerting our senior contacts within @PrivyCouncilCA, we have received assurances that they are taking the allegations seriously and we were gratified to learn that an investigation is already underway.
4/4 That a gov. advisor in PCO, a dept. that advises the PM and Cabinet, might be responsible for what appears to be a protracted pattern of antisemitic hatred is v. concerning. Jewish community looks forward to conclusion of investigation & how PCO will address the matter.
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Today, the Government of Ontario became the first province in Canada to adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (@TheIHRA ) working definition of antisemitism, as endorsed by consensus at the 2016 IHRA plenary.
The IHRA definition is the product of decades of research, study and deliberation by many of the world’s foremost experts and was accordingly adopted by consensus by the governments of more than 30 countries.