Faced with an explosive rise in antisemitism in Canada, the Trudeau government chose to monitor the Jewish community for extremism.
Even worse, they hired a foreign contractor to do their dirty work.
So let's take a look into this UK contractor...
🧵/1 nationalpost.com/opinion/ottawa…
Even worse, they hired a foreign contractor to do their dirty work.
So let's take a look into this UK contractor...
🧵/1 nationalpost.com/opinion/ottawa…
The Institute for Strategic Dialogue is the UK contractor hired for the task of monitoring the Canadian Jewish community.
They are not a security organization, nor are they a traditional think tank. They are a political advocacy organization.
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@ISDglobal @bnaibrithcanada
They are not a security organization, nor are they a traditional think tank. They are a political advocacy organization.
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@ISDglobal @bnaibrithcanada
The ISD is an NGO funded in part by the Open Society Foundation.
What this indicates is not some ludicrous deep state conspiracy, but a worldview that is in alignment with the Open Society Foundation and other funding agencies.
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What this indicates is not some ludicrous deep state conspiracy, but a worldview that is in alignment with the Open Society Foundation and other funding agencies.
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The fundamental question is whether a Western democracy should be paying an advocacy group, with their own worldview, to monitor and report on their citizens.
The ISD has a prolific body of work as it relates to Canada.
Attached is one of their reports.
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The ISD has a prolific body of work as it relates to Canada.
Attached is one of their reports.
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They published reports on the recent Canadian federal election and characterized criticism of our immigration system as extremism.
That would put Prime Minister Mark Carney into the category of extremism given his call for immigration reform.
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That would put Prime Minister Mark Carney into the category of extremism given his call for immigration reform.
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Many of the ISD reports seem to be advocacy pieces for a particular worldview as opposed to counterterrorism work.
They also employ their own definition of extremism so as to justify their positions.
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They also employ their own definition of extremism so as to justify their positions.
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That leaves the current Liberal government with a question they must answer.
Is it reasonable and lawful for our government to employ a foreign advocacy group to monitor the Canadian Jewish community at a time of heightened antisemitism?
It doesn't seem like a wise choice.
Is it reasonable and lawful for our government to employ a foreign advocacy group to monitor the Canadian Jewish community at a time of heightened antisemitism?
It doesn't seem like a wise choice.
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