Readers discuss burgeoning antisemitism in Canada, the cowardly mayor, another sham foreign interference inquiry, and more
Re: Harassed, isolated and abandoned: Jewish teachers ‘scared for life’ at Ontario school board — Karin Kloosterman, Dec. 7
I am embarrassed, ashamed and scared for Canada.
Historically, the fires are stoked in the very institutions that teach our next generation the values of humanity. The rear view of history will see the inertia of this country’s morality by its actions today, and where we are going is outright concerning.
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By keeping quiet, our leadership is condoning the actions of the very institutions who, as a child growing up in Canada, I saw as sanctified places that defined Canada as an open, safe and fair society.
As a Jew today, what I see is frankly terrifying. I have never felt unsafe in this country until now. The routes of the terrible trajectory of anti-semitism come from our educational and public institutions.
Have we learned nothing of the past, that history has never treated kindly the nations that condemned the Jews? I mourn for Canada, our home and native land.
The Liberal left woke will sacrifice itself and our society, at any cost, because at the end of day it is the nature of hate that leads the way. I feel unsafe, our community feels unsafe; there will be a mass exodus from this country that will curse it for generations to come.
We still have time to wake up and put a stop to this nonsense and insanity. Or do we? Ironically, the safest place today to be a Jew outside of Israel may be Germany. They have much to teach us of where the future can lead if we do not act now to promote tolerance and love for all peoples without exception.
I would say God help us, but the truth is we are fully capable of helping ourselves. The writing is on the wall. Will our leadership respond?
Israel Ellis, Toronto
Re: Calgary mayor bows to pro-Hamas antisemites — Rahim Mohamed, Dec. 7
Calgary Mayor Jyoti Gondek’s choice to not attend the annual menorah lighting at city hall reflects on her deep moral confusion or cravenness (or both). For people with clear moral compasses, calibrated in Western, liberal democratic mores, Israel’s response to the hideous Oct. 7 Hamas terrorist attacks cannot be conflated with the initial attacks. For one is a terrible choice violently foisted on a people historically gifted with few good choices and the other is savage jihad.
Hamas doesn’t seek to free Palestine, not in a sense we could recognize; they seek jihad. Don’t take my word for it, it’s in their charter. Hamas needs Israel to be aggressive with its response, the collateral damage feeds the Hamas propaganda machine. Hamas does not care about the lives of its people, they are mere consumables for their pitiless jihadist goals, goals that are, and I shouldn’t need to point this out, utterly incompatible with Western democratic society.
John Owen, Calgary
Re: FIRST READING: York University’s brave fight to vandalize bookstores without consequence (for Palestine) — Tristin Hopper, Nov. 30
It seems to me that York University has lost its moral compass in that it has allowed itself to become a bastion of bigotry and hatred.
The three staff members who were criminally charged with the vandalism of an Indigo bookstore should all lose their jobs if convicted, and staff who walked out in support should be suspended.
Universities should be places where freedom of thought and exchanges of ideas are welcomed but not as places to further hateful ideology and threaten fellow students because of their religion.
York’s administration should stay the course and not bow down to the staff and students who walked out.
Ted Mead, Winchester, Ont.
Re: Opposing the Ukraine-Canada trade deal makes Conservatives look as silly as Liberals — Chris Selley, Dec. 2
That an amended trade deal with Ukraine includes a reference to carbon pricing must make Ukrainians shake their heads, as they are fighting for their lives and here they are being reminded that they are expected to do their part in fighting climate change. Pierre Poilievre is right on the money on this issue, despite Chris Selley’s remarks to the contrary.
It is situations like this that portray Canada and Canadians as fools, and as such we have lost the respect of many, if not most of our allies.
Paul Kennedy, Cochrane, Alta.
Re: Denying Conservatives full status at foreign interference inquiry undermines its credibility, party says — Ryan Tumilty, Dec. 5
How can Prime Minister Justin Trudeau ban the Official Opposition from this inquiry when its election candidates were the main targets of the alleged China interference?
The investigation by Trudeau’s friend, former governor general David Johnston, was a completely farcical waste of close to $2 million. With this shocking revelation this inquiry appears to be just more of the same, i.e. a coverup for Trudeau’s inaction when informed by CSIS that China interfered in the past two federal elections.
This is what passes for democracy under the Trudeau Liberal government.
Larry Comeau, Ottawa
Re: Trudeau vs. Harper on oil and gas output. The result will surprise you — Philip Cross, Dec. 1
In his Harper versus Trudeau analysis, Philip Cross ignores the months and years needed to bring energy projects into production. Plus, Justin Trudeau allowing a few “boutique” projects in favoured regions is another red herring. It is wholly plausible that a Canada soon to be governed by the Poilievre Conservatives will see a temporary production decline of oil and gas due to the relentless destructive energy policies spawned by the federal Liberals.
David Korchinski, Calgary
Re: Meek Singh unwilling to stand up to Trudeau as he spits on parties’ pact — Sabrina Maddeaux, Nov. 30
I feel compelled to dispute Sabrina Maddeaux’s characterization of the Liberals and the NDP as centre-left and left-left. Better labels would be left-left and left-left-left. And there is a second aspect to this — which label better applies to which party?
John P.A. Budreski, Whistler
Re: First Nations sue over ‘discriminatory’ carbon tax — will Guilbeault resign? — Tasha Kheiriddin, Dec. 1
While federal Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault claims there will be “no more carve-outs” of the carbon tax to meet the claims of First Nations or demands from premiers like Scott Moe, there is one predictable outcome from this carbon tax battle. It is highly likely that Guilbeault will be “carved out” of the Liberal cabinet. The gaffes of this minister are a reflection of his tower-climbing escapades when he was a devout member of the illustrious Greenpeace movement.
At least one Liberal MP, Ken McDonald, representing the Newfoundland riding of Avalon, has made his view of Guilbeault public, recently stating that he didn’t think Guilbeault is the right messenger for the carbon tax in Atlantic Canada. McDonald could have included all of Canada in his comment.
When Guilbeault’s conflicted approaches are coupled with push-back from premiers like Danielle Smith and Tim Houston to the heavy-handed approach taken by the federal government on implementing new initiatives like the Clean Electricity Regulations, it is hard to see how Guilbeault will come out of this fray with a whole skin.
Duane Sharp, Mississauga, Ont.
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