Let’s begin with one real story from Ottawa — a story that exposes how hollow, selective, and politically manufactured “anti‑racism” rhetoric has become.

An Iranian-Canadian Christian woman working as a school liaison officer was dismissed by her director and manager. Why? They assumed she was Muslim because of her Islamic-sounding last name. Once they discovered she was Christian, her employment ended. Court documents and a witness — a manager present at the meeting — confirmed the sequence of events.

What do we call this? Discrimination? Religious bias? Sectarian gatekeeping? Or a form of privilege no one in diversity‑training workshops ever acknowledges?

Whatever label we choose, one fact stands out: Canada’s institutional “anti‑racism” vocabulary lacks the nuance to account for complex, real-world discrimination. Instead, it relies on pre-approved categories — leaving many genuine cases invisible.

1. Antisemitism Is Surging — Yet Institutions Look Away

The numbers speak loudly. In 2023, Canada saw a sharp rise in police-reported hate crimes: 4,777 incidents, a 32 % increase over 2022. Religiously motivated hate crimes rose by 67 %, to 1,284 incidents — the second‑sharpest increase in a decade. Roughly 70 % targeted the Jewish community.

Jewish Canadians — a small........

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