C'est avec une profonde tristesse que nous apprenons le décès tragique du policier du @SPVM atteint par balle aujourd'hui lors de l'intervention dans Côte-des-Neiges.
Nos plus sincères condoléances vont à sa famille, à ses proches et à tous ses collègues.
Nous sommes de tout cœur avec les forces de l'ordre qui risquent leur vie chaque jour pour assurer notre sécurité.
WARNING - GRAPHIC
A SPVM police officer & the gunmen are showed as being dead on the scene outside of a Cote Des Neiges building in Montreal located at the Westbury Project.
The gunmen is dressed in camouflage gear looking like he was ready for a mass casualty rampage. https://t.co/1sFk1x54hC
Vanier College’s decision to cancel its annual Holocaust memorial is a disgraceful act of capitulation.
Let’s speak plainly. When a Holocaust commemoration is deemed a “security risk,” that is not a reason to cancel the event, it is proof that something has gone deeply wrong. In Montreal. In Quebec. In Canada.
A ceremony to remember the murder of six million Jews should never require a risk assessment. The fact that it now does tells you everything you need to know about the state of our institutions and the failure to confront the hatred that has been allowed to grow.
Instead of addressing that reality, Vanier chose the easier path: cancel the event, silence the moment, and hope the problem disappears.
It won’t.
We also know that a Holocaust survivor was prepared to speak. Think about that. One of the last living witnesses to history was ready to share her testimony, and an institution of higher learning decided that it was safer to cancel her than to stand behind her. Cowardice.
If Vanier believes there are people on campus who pose a threat to a Holocaust memorial, then the question is not whether the event should go ahead. The question is why those individuals are there in the first place, and why they are being accommodated instead of confronted.
A society that treats Holocaust remembrance as dangerous needs to start asking hard questions about who it is admitting, what values it is tolerating, and why basic standards are no longer being enforced.
Cancelling this event sends a clear message: intimidation works, and Jewish history is negotiable.
That is unacceptable.
Vanier College must reverse this decision and proceed with the commemoration. Anything less confirms that the institution is unwilling to defend even the most basic acts of remembrance when it matters.
And if that is where we are as a city, then we are facing a far more serious problem than a single cancelled event.
When the chair of McGill Law’s Faculty Advisory Board resigns because Jewish students face professional risk just for existing on campus…it’s a Canada problem.
Two and a half years. Escalating antisemitism. Zero accountability.
Not a university failure.
Total. Government. Negligence.
https://t.co/1Yx4T4WbpP
Vanier College in Montreal has cancelled a planned Holocaust memorial because it was deemed too political.
Commemorating the Holocaust is not a political position - it’s a historical fact. Now more than ever, people should learn what happens when Jew-hated is normalized and rationalized.
At protests at Bathurst & Sheppard, extremists openly made threats of violence, glorified terrorism, and depicted Jews as subhuman — yet no arrests have been announced.
As reported by the @nationalpost, Toronto Police Service say they are aware and investigating.
But this incident underscores a wider problem: the lack of enforcement that has only emboldened extremists.
As synagogues are shattered by gunfire and extremists march through our neighbourhoods, it's clear that the status quo is not only unacceptable – it’s a threat to innocent life in our city.
Take two minutes to send a message directly to Toronto Police Chief Demkiw:
https://t.co/y2QplBoTkC
We are relieved to learn that staff and students are safe following today’s attack at Temple Israel in West Bloomfield. Our hearts are with the congregation and the entire Detroit Jewish community after this terrifying incident.
Across the Jewish community, we feel this pain deeply. An attack on one synagogue is felt by Jewish communities everywhere.
This active shooter attack comes amid at least six attacks on synagogues in just over a week - half of which were targeting Toronto-area synagogues.
This is a matter of national security.
Leaders and authorities must take decisive measures to protect communities, confront violent extremism, and ensure that places of worship and community institutions are safe.
Nobody should have to fear violence while gathering to pray, learn, or celebrate life.
The chai latte from @Starbucks in the US has been reliable for at least the past 11 years. I don’t know what you did but please, please change it back. The new recipe is really really bad.
-A self-proclaimed @Starbucks chai expert having tried them in more than 15 countries.
Waking up to the news of yet another night of gunshots fired into synagogues, this time over the Sabbath.
Call this what it is: an attempt to terrorize the Jewish community.
Synagogues are places where families gather, where seniors pray, where children learn. Targeting them with gunfire is meant to spread fear, intimidation - and yes, terror.
It is disgusting and sadly becoming commonplace in Canada.
Those responsible must be found, prosecuted, and made an example of.
And in the meantime, there must be increased police patrols and protection around synagogues and Jewish institutions immediately. Everywhere.
Jewish Canadians should never have to fear walking into their place of worship.
Time for governments to stop being “shocked” and “appalled” while send “thoughts” and “prayers”.
.@IrwinCotler spoke to @TheCJN's @ebessner to make it clear that this moment is not only about celebration — but should be about accountability, including for the estimated 35,000 Iranians executed by the Islamic Regime in recent protests.
For the sake of Iranians and people everywhere, it is crucial that Canada confronts this brutal regime, both abroad and here at home.
Read or listen to the full interview:
https://t.co/ALiEkdQyQt
I’m incredibly proud of my colleague/friend Dr. Corey Miller for his opinion piece in the @nationalpost .
@mcgillu has sadly become an international embarrassment because of its failure to take meaningful action against anti-Jewish hatred. https://t.co/PMHXXhG009