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Gary Mar: Governments need a co-ordinated response to hate and violent extremism

In a healthy democracy, public confidence comes from the actions of governments

Canada is confronting a level of organized hate, extremism and violent attacks that is testing the strength of our institutions and our ability to uphold the rule of law.

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Twice this year, the U.S. Consulate in Toronto has come under gunfire. In between those attacks, synagogues, Jewish schools, neighbourhoods and even cemeteries were targeted. A recent federal government report found that 95.7 per cent of Jewish students on Canadian campuses experienced or witnessed antisemitism over the past year.

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Toronto police Chief Myron Demkiw has described a guns-for-hire economy, in which young people are recruited through encrypted apps, paid as little as $600 to $1,000 to carry out attacks and asked to film the acts as proof of completion. These are organized networks exploiting weaknesses that cut across federal, provincial and municipal responsibilities.

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