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 to adopt legislation banning religious symbols in public.

Jan. 2, 2019

BRASILIA – Honduras will be moving ahead with plans to open its Israel embassy in Jerusalem, and Israel is in talks to open its Honduran embassy in Tegucigalpa, following a meeting between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez and U.S. Secretary Mike Pompeo on Tuesday.

Rachel Bendayan and her baby girl on the campaign trail

Dec. 4, 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 – Quebec may be one step closer to getting another Jewish Member of Parliament.

Swastikas drawn in the snow in a Jewish neighbourhood north of Toronto in November

Nov. 28, 2018

By Daniel Koren
Manager, Media Relations & Communications
B'nai Brith Canada

TORONTO – Statistics Canada has released its dossier on police-reported hate crimes for the year 2017 – and the results confirm a worrying trend highlighted in B’nai Brith Canada’s 2017 Annual Audit of Antisemitic Incidents, the authoritative document on antisemitism in Canada.

The MS St. Louis

Nov. 7, 2018

By Marty York & Daniel Koren
B'nai Brith Canada

OTTAWA – B’nai Brith Canada is welcoming Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s apology to the Jewish community. Still, the organization is again urging the federal government to adopt a concrete, national action plan to fight antisemitism.

Oct. 26, 2018

By Daniel Koren
Manager, Media Relations & Communications
B'nai Brith Canada

OTTAWA – After hearing testimony from B’nai Brith Canada, the House of Commons Justice Committee has voted to strengthen clauses in a justice bill that otherwise could have allowed judges to give more lenient sentences for terrorism-related offences.

François Legault

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 Avenir Québec (CAQ) won a strong majority in the Oct. 1 provincial election with 74 seats compared to 32 for the Liberals, 10 for Québec Solidaire and 10 for the Parti Québecois (PQ).

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.

David Birnbaum

Sept. 28, 2018

QUEBEC CONFIDENTIAL | By Mike Cohen
B'nai Brith Canada

The following is the last of four profiles on Jewish candidates running in the Quebec provincial election. We've also run profiles on Laura Azéroual, Yaniv Loran and Mélodie Cohn.

MONTREAL – In the days leading up to the Oct. 1 Quebec election, incumbent D’Arcy McGee Liberal MNA David Birnbaum is hopeful and optimistic that his party will obtain another mandate. When the campaign began, the Coalition Avenir Quebec (CAQ) was ahead in the polls. But following three debates, Premier Philippe Couillard has put his troops back in the running.

Bernard Praw, a Jewish commissioner from the English Montreal School Board, meets with CAQ candidates Nathalie Dansereau, Mélodie Cohn and Laura Azéroual

Sept. 18, 2018

QUEBEC CONFIDENTIAL | By Mike Cohen
B'nai Brith Canada

The following is the third of four profiles on Jewish candidates running in the Quebec provincial election. For our profile on Laura Azéroual, click here. For our profile on Yaniv Loran, click here.

With the Oct. 1 Quebec elections only a few weeks away, polls still predict a tight race between the governing Liberal Party and the opposition Coalition Avenir Québec (CAQ).