CJPME wrote to @HonAhmedHussen with concerns over reports that @CdnHeritage may force grantees to sign an attestation form in support of IHRA. Nobody should have to sign away their right to criticize racist Israeli practices in order to receive government funding #NoIHRA #cdnpoli 
@HonAhmedHussen @CdnHeritage There are reports that @CdnHeritage may introduce an attestation form for third-party grantees which may force them to express support for the controversial IHRA definition of antisemitism as a condition of receiving funding. IHRA conflates criticism of Israel with antisemitism.
@HonAhmedHussen @CdnHeritage Forcing third-party grantees to attest to supporting IHRA -- which holds that calling Israel racist is antisemitic -- would almost certainly limit their right to speak about Israel’s racist practices against Palestinians, amounting to a severe restriction of their liberties.
@HonAhmedHussen @CdnHeritage Many Canadians have rejected IHRA over the threat it poses to free expression & academic freedom on Israel and Palestine, including @IndJewishVoices, @FacultyJewish, @CAUT_ACPPU, @CanadianLabour, @CFSFCEE, @bccla, and more than 600 academics.
@HonAhmedHussen @CdnHeritage @IndJewishVoices @FacultyJewish @CAUT_ACPPU @CanadianLabour @CFSFCEE @bccla This is not a merely hypothetical concern, as there are many examples of human rights organizations being unjustly accused of violating IHRA guidelines simply due to their monitoring and analysis of Israel’s human rights violations against Palestinians.
@HonAhmedHussen @CdnHeritage @IndJewishVoices @FacultyJewish @CAUT_ACPPU @CanadianLabour @CFSFCEE @bccla It would be highly inappropriate for a 🇨🇦 gov't body which opposes racism to limit the right of grantees to speak about the racist policies of one gov't in particular: Israel. This would codify an ‘exception’ for Israel and Palestine when it comes to gov't-funded anti-racism work
@HonAhmedHussen @CdnHeritage @IndJewishVoices @FacultyJewish @CAUT_ACPPU @CanadianLabour @CFSFCEE @bccla Such a restriction may even amount to a violation of the charter right to free expression.
@HonAhmedHussen @CdnHeritage @IndJewishVoices @FacultyJewish @CAUT_ACPPU @CanadianLabour @CFSFCEE @bccla This threat is particularly acute for Canadians of Palestinian, Arab or Muslim origin, who may lose their very right to discuss their own personal experiences and family histories of racism and dispossession as a result of the actions of the Israeli government.
@HonAhmedHussen @CdnHeritage @IndJewishVoices @FacultyJewish @CAUT_ACPPU @CanadianLabour @CFSFCEE @bccla We are asking @HonAhmedHussen to confirm that no such attestation to IHRA will be mandated by @CdnHeritage, and that IHRA will not otherwise be used to silence legitimate political expression about Israel’s human rights abuses. #NoIHRA #cdnpoli cjpme.org/letter_2022_10…
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