Advocacy

B’nai Brith Calls on Ontario Party to Drop Holocaust-Distorting Candidate

May 27, 2022 TORONTO – B’nai Brith Canada is calling on the Ontario Party to drop a candidate for next week’s provincial elections. The candidate, Nikolaos Balaskas, has claimed that Jews control the media, framed the Holocaust as a response to “Zionist partisans/resistance fighters” and described Zionists as “haters of God and His children.” Balaskas

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Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador répond à B’nai Brith et promet de faire plus pour combattre la haine

30 mai ,2022 ST. JOHN’S – B’nai Brith Canada note le bon travail du gouvernement de Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador pour combattre l’antisémitisme et d’autres formes de racisme et de haine. B’nai Brith a contacté le Premier ministre Andrew Furey dans le cadre du suivi de son Audit 2021 des incidents antisémites au Canada. B’nai Brith a fait

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Newfoundland and Labrador Government Responds to B’nai Brith, Vowing to Do More to Combat Hate

May 30, 2022 ST. JOHN’S – B’nai Brith Canada notes the good work of the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador to confront antisemitism and other forms of racism and hate. B’nai Brith contacted Premier Andrew Furey, as a followup to its 2021 Audit of Antisemitic Incidents in Canada, alerting him that the number of incidents

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Victoire: Soccer Canada abandonne un match d’exhibition suite à une action en justice de B’nai Brith Canada

26 mai 2022 VANCOUVER – La veille du jour où Soccer Canada a annulé le match d’exhibition du 5 juin entre les équipes nationales du Canada et de l’Iran, B’nai Brith a demandé à la Cour fédérale une ordonnance visant à interdire que des fonds canadiens soient versés à la Fédération iranienne de soccer. Le

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Victory: Soccer Canada Drops Exhibition Match Following Legal Action by B’nai Brith Canada

May 26, 2022 VANCOUVER – The day before Soccer Canada pulled the plug on a June 5 exhibition game between the national teams from Canada and Iran, B’nai Brith filed in Federal Court for an order seeking to prohibit Canadian funds from going to the Iranian Soccer Federation. On Monday of this week, B’nai Brith

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B’nai Brith Canada Makes Recommendations to Senate on New Holocaust-Denial Bill

May 25, 2022 OTTAWA – Recommendations on how to improve Canada’s proposed law on the criminalization of Holocaust denial have been made by B’nai Brith Canada. We provided testimony last week to the Standing Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs. Sam Goldstein, B’nai Brith’s Director of Legal Affairs, was invited by the Committee to

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B’nai Brith est indigné par le financement canadien présumé de l’équipe de football iranienne

Équipe nationale iranienne de football (Tehran Times) 23 mai 2022   VANCOUVER – B’nai Brith Canada est profondément troublé par l’information selon laquelle Canada Soccer versera à la Fédération iranienne de football 400 000$ pour couvrir les dépenses de l’équipe pour un match d’exhibition à Vancouver le 5 juin 2022. Canada Soccer, qui est largement

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B’nai Brith Outraged over Reported Canadian Funding for Iranian Soccer Team

May 23, 2022 VANCOUVER – B’nai Brith Canada is deeply troubled by information that Canada Soccer will fund the Iranian Football Federation $400,000 to cover the team’s expenses for an exhibition match in Vancouver on June 5, 2022. Canada Soccer, which is largely subsidized directly by the Canadian Government and therefore by Canadian taxpayers, has agreed to the

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MP’s Anti-Israel Activities Raises B’nai Brith’s Concerns

  May 20, 2022 OTTAWA – B’nai Brith Canada is concerned about a Member of Parliament’s participation in a divisive mass truancy event. Chandra Arya, representing Nepean, Ont., praised high-school students through a megaphone after they left their school without permission on May 13. The demonstration lamented the establishment of Israel and portrayed Jewish self-determination

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