Human Rights

B’nai Brith Canada Seeks Foreign-Agent Registry from Ottawa

Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino (CTV) Cliquez ici pour le français Nov. 22, 2022 OTTAWA – B’nai Brith Canada has asked Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino when the Federal Government will finally follow other western nations and legislate a foreign-agent registry. On Aug. 20, 2021, Public Safety Canada published a document entitled “Foreign Interference – …

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B’nai Brith Canada Calls for Joel Harden’s Ouster from Ontario NDP Caucus

Joel Harden (left) with Peter Larson – (DocumentingAntisemitismCA on Twitter) Cliquez ici pour le français Nov. 21, 2022 OTTAWA – B’nai Brith Canada is demanding that the Ontario NDP expel from its caucus Joel Harden, MPP for Ottawa-Centre, for his continued track record of demonizing Israel, excusing Palestinian terrorism and holding Jewish-Canadian communities individually responsible …

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Take Action: Rename Street Outside Former Iranian Embassy

Cliquez ici pour le français Nov. 18, 2022 OTTAWA—B’nai Brith Canada is launching a petition requesting that the City of Ottawa rename a section of Metcalfe Street after Mahsa Amini. The block in question is adjacent to a significant property owned by the Islamic Republic of Iran, which previously served as the country’s embassy. In …

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Welcoming Marvin Rotrand – New National Director of the League of Human Rights

For the first time in 40 years, Marvin Rotrand’s name was not on the ballot paper for Montreal’s municipal elections. The longest-serving councillor, who represented the Snowdon district for 39 years under eight different mayors, has left city politics for a new position. As National Director of B’nai Brith’s League of Human Rights, he is …

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B’nai Brith Urges Canadians to Denounce Use of Palestinian Child Soldiers

Feb. 16, 2021 OTTAWA – Following Red Hand Day, B’nai Brith Canada is calling on the federal government and all Canadians to speak out forcefully against the recruitment and use of Palestinian child soldiers during Palestinian Child Soldiers Week (Feb. 14-19). Canada has been at the forefront of tackling the international problem of child soldiers, thanks largely to …

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Press Conference – B’nai Brith Canada and the Canadian Black Chamber of Commerce

B’nai Brith Canada and the Canadian Black Chamber of Commerce (CBCC) are thrilled to announce the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between our organizations. At a special press conference today, representatives from both groups gathered together to speak about the initiative and sign the historic document. B’nai Brith was represented by its Chair of the Board, …

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