Letters: No Mystery to Root Cause of Violent Antisemitism in Canada
Readers comment on PM's antisemitism speech, Albertan angst, cancelling the CBC, the millions spent on asylum seekers' health care, and more
A bullet hole is seen in a front door at Temple Emanu-El in Toronto on March 3, 2026. The temple was one of three Toronto-area Jewish sites targeted by gunfire in less than a week. Letter writers say Prime Minister Mark Carney's plan to establish a ministerial advisory council on rights, equality and inclusion, which will be tasked with assessing antisemitism, isn't what's needed to deal with the crisis.
Re: Carney says Jewish Canadians are being 'brutally targeted' and the country is failing them — Christopher Nardi, June 1
I read with disappointment, but not surprise, the articles describing the Carney government's new initiative to combat antisemitism in Canada. Exactly what we don't need is another committee to study root causes. It does not take a degree in rocket science to realize that the root cause of the rampant violent Jew-hatred that has hijacked Canadian society is that the Liberal government has opened immigration to tens of thousands of radical Islamists who blatantly resent and disdain Canadian and western culture, take utter advantage of the freedoms that it affords, and display utter hatred for Jews. There is no condemnation of their malevolent behaviour. This is a curse on our society that won't disappear with another committee but requires strong enforcement of Canadian hate crimes laws already on the books and a stop to open immigration of people who aren't willing to abide by the concepts of tolerance and acceptance.
Gerald Rosenstein, Toronto
Prime Minister Mark Carney is right. Antisemitism has reached alarming levels in Canada. What is hard to understand is why the government's response begins with yet another reassessment of the nature, scale and drivers of antisemitism. The evidence is already there. Police services, Statistics Canada, Jewish organizations, schools, universities and governments at every level have been documenting this trend for years. We have data. We have lived experience. We have reports. We have statistics. The signal is not weak. It is overwhelming. Leadership requires more than gathering information. It requires the judgment to draw conclusions from the evidence and the courage to act on them. The evidence has been gathered. The issue is no longer diagnosis but leadership.
Sandra Bobkin, Toronto
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Re: Kamloops residential school 'graves' could have been septic pipes all along — Tristin Hopper, May 27
No one knows if there are unmarked graves at residential schools, but we were essentially told by the government that it was true, and it wouldn't go well for you if you didn't believe it. In our history — in fact any western history — religion is the lone purveyor of believing what you can't see or prove. The very fact that our government attempted to impose its own blind faith on citizens is deeply troubling. This was a traumatic time in our history, a traumatic time for both Indigenous and non-Indigenous Canadians. Simply leaving the whole situation in a state of limbo is not good enough. All Canadians are owed answers.
Jeff Spooner, Kinburn, Ont.
'Piggy bank for the rest of the country'
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