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B’nai Brith renouvelle ses batailles au Québec pour l’adoption de la définition de l’AIMH et des amendements à la loi 96

CLICK HERE FOR ENGLISH Le 28 novembre 2022 QUÉBEC, Qc – B’nai Brith Canada demande au gouvernement du Québec d’adopter la définition de l’antisémitisme de l’Alliance internationale pour la mémoire de l’Holocauste (AIMH) et de modifier le projet de loi 96 pour éviter d’imposer un fardeau indu aux rabbins qui cherchent à travailler dans la …

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B’nai Brith Renews Battles in Quebec for Adoption of IHRA Definition and Amendments to Bill 96

Cliquez ici pour le français Nov. 28, 2022 QUEBEC CITY, Que. — B’nai Brith Canada is asking the Quebec Government to adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of antisemitism and amend Bill 96 to avoid placing an undue burden on rabbis seeking to work in the province. The reengagement with the Government comes …

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B’nai Brith félicite M. Legault pour la réélection de son parti et demande au Québec d’adopter la définition de l’IHRA

Click Here for English Le 4 octobre 2022 QUÉBEC – B’nai Brith Canada félicite François Legault et sa Coalition Avenir Québec (CAQ) pour la victoire de leur parti aux élections provinciales du Québec. Cependant, notre organisation exhorte Legault et al à donner la priorité au renforcement de leurs relations avec la communauté juive de la …

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B’nai Brith Congratulates Legault on His Party’s Re-Election, Calls for Quebec to Adopt IHRA Definition

Cliquez ici pour le français Oct. 4, 2022 QUEBEC CITY – B’nai Brith Canada congratulates Francois Legault and his Coalition Avenir Quebec (CAQ) on the party’s victory in Quebec’s provincial election. Our organization, however, also urges Legault et al to prioritize enhancing their relationship with the province’s Jewish community. We ask the Government of Quebec to formally adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s …

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Quebec Premier Must Address Needs of the Jewish Community

Pour le français, voir ci-dessous…. November 20, 2020 B’nai Brith Canada MONTREAL – B’nai Brith Canada is very disappointed in the Government of Quebec’s lack of consideration towards the Jewish community, as it relates to the newly released plan on December holiday gatherings. “Premier Legault has not addressed the concerns and needs of several minority groups in …

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CAQ Religious Symbols Ban An ‘Assault on Fundamental Freedoms’

Feb. 14, 2019 QUEBEC CONFIDENTIAL | By Mike Cohen The opinions, facts and any media content presented do not necessarily reflect the position of B’nai Brith Canada. MONTREAL – With the Quebec National Assembly officially in session, members of the province’s multicultural communities are feeling uneasy as the newly elected Coalition Avenir Quebec (CAQ) looks …

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CAQ Must Completely Backtrack on Religious Symbols Ban

Oct. 11, 2018 QUEBEC CONFIDENTIAL | By Mike Cohen The opinions, facts and any media content presented do not necessarily reflect the position of B’nai Brith Canada. MONTREAL – For most new governments, municipal, federal, or provincial, there’s a honeymoon period. In Quebec, that has hardly been the case for Premier-elect François Legault, whose Coalition …

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B’nai Brith Canada Urges CAQ to Reconsider Banning Religious Symbols

Oct. 5, 2018 By Daniel Koren Manager, Media Relations & Communications B’nai Brith Canada MONTREAL – As the controversy intensifies over the freshly elected Coalition Avenir Quebec’s (CAQ) proposed ban on religious symbols in public institutions across Quebec, B’nai Brith Canada is urging Premier-elect Francois Legault to reconsider adopting the discriminatory legislation. On Tuesday, shortly …

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Quebec’s Lone Jewish MNA David Birnbaum Nominated to Seek Another Mandate

The opinions, facts and any media content presented do not necessarily reflect the position of B’nai Brith Canada. April 18, 2018 MONTREAL – David Birnbaum was 58 years old in the Spring of 2014 when Philippe Couillard asked him to be the Liberal candidate for the National Assembly in the riding of D’Arcy McGee, which includes the …

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