Canada's Carney pledges action on antisemitism amid backlash over new anti-hate council members

Prime Minister Mark Carney warned this week that Jewish Canadians are being "brutally targeted," portion besides announcing a caller anti-racism assembly that reportedly includes 2 members with troubling views connected the Jewish state.

Following Carney's code connected antisemitism, critics reacted with choler astatine the constitution of the assembly and questioned however a assemblage meant to combat hatred and antisemitism includes 2 members who are reportedly hostile to the concerns of the Jewish community.

Omar Alghabra, a erstwhile Liberal enactment furniture curate and Member of Parliament, has faced disapproval for publically mourning erstwhile Palestinian person Yasser Arafat. The erstwhile person of the PLO was described by the Foundation for Defense of Democracies arsenic "the begetter of modern terrorism." In the days pursuing the Oct. 7 Hamas panic attacks connected Israel, helium declined a petition to condemn them, erstwhile asked by Canada's Rebel News. 

Alghabra has besides faced scrutiny implicit past comments regarding Israel. In 2005, helium criticized Toronto's constabulary main for participating successful and starring a "Walk with Israel" event, according to The Jerusalem Post. He described the lawsuit arsenic "a amusement of solidarity for a overseas authorities presently successful the midst of an unresolved conflict" and referred to Israel arsenic "a state that is conducting a brutal and the longest modern subject concern successful the world."

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Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks during a property league aft a Cabinet gathering to sermon some commercialized negotiations with the U.S. and the concern successful the Middle East, astatine the National Press Theater successful Ottawa, Ontario, Canada connected July 30, 2025. (DAVE CHAN/AFP via Getty Images)

Canada's absorption leader, Pierre Poilievre, pointed to a abstracted brushwood with him involving a violent organization. "I retrieve Mr. Alghabra lobbying maine earlier helium was successful authorities to support Hezbollah legal, truthful I'm not definite that he's the close feline to combat antisemitism," helium told reporters. 

Howeer, the Jerusalem Post reported that Alghabra had described Hamas arsenic a violent enactment during a 2016 parliamentary debate.

The different arguable subordinate of the council, Avnish Nanda, represented efforts to support a pro-Palestinian encampment astatine the University of Alberta successful place. Critics of the encampment argued it created a hostile ambiance for Jewish students pursuing Hamas' Oct. 7 panic onslaught connected Israel. 

The past Minister of Transport Omar Alghabra speaks with the Toronto Star astatine an editorial committee gathering astatine the Well gathering successful Toronto.  (Lance McMillan/Toronto Star via Getty Images)

In April, B’nai Brith Canada’s League for Human Rights released a study showing that 6,800 antisemitic incidents took spot successful the state successful 2025, representing a 9.4% summation implicit 2024. On average, this represented 18.6 incidents a time and was the "highest volume" the radical has recorded since it began tracking incidents.

"I'm a Canadian-born Jew serving arsenic rabbi of the vibrant Tifereth Beth David Jerusalem assemblage successful Montreal, and I was genuinely shocked to larn that among the radical chosen to beryllium connected Prime Minister Carney's newest assembly is Omar Alghabra, who publically mourned the decease of Yasser Arafat and remained soundless erstwhile asked to condemn the attacks of October 7th," Rabbi Zolly Claman of Montreal's Tifereth Beth David Jerusalem Congregation told Fox News Digital.

The Talmud Torah Elementary School successful Montreal was 1 of 2 schools deed with gunfire this week, according to Montreal police. (Google Maps)

"Canadian Jews are struggling to recognize however our premier curate believed this would beryllium a constructive appointment."

When announcing the caller Council connected Rights, Equality and Inclusion, Carney stated, "The assembly has a wide ngo to combat racism and hatred successful each their forms and to usher the Government of Canada arsenic portion of our efforts to physique a fairer, much just, much inclusive society," He besides said that, "The situation of antisemitism successful Canada contiguous is specific, it’s severe, and it demands a targeted response. And that is what our authorities is afloat committed to," Reuters reported.

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When asked astir Prime Minister Mark Carney's announcement, B'nai Brith Canada, 1 of the country's starring Jewish advocacy organizations said that portion it welcomed the premier minister's acknowledgment of rising antisemitism, it believes further enactment is needed to code what it views arsenic a increasing situation facing Canada's Jewish community.

Anti-Israel protesters clasp antisemitic posters successful Edmonton, Alberta, connected April 13, 2025. (Photo by Artur Widak/NurPhoto via AP)

"B'nai Brith Canada acknowledges the Prime Minister's solidarity with the Jewish community," Simon Wolle, the organization's main enforcement officer, told Fox News Digital. "He was close to mandate that the Special Advisory Council connected Rights, Equality and Inclusion prioritize researching and combating antisemitism."

At the aforesaid time, Wolle questioned whether the recently announced assembly has the authorization and scope indispensable to efficaciously code the problem.

"But we are acrophobic due to the fact that the assembly does not person the powerfulness oregon standard to code this situation successful an due and meaningful manner," helium said. "It is an important facet of the government's attack to combating antisemitism, but it is not sufficient."

Anti-Israel demonstrators gathered extracurricular Union Station successful downtown Toronto during a rally connected Jan. 4, 2024, demanding a ceasefire. (Mert Alper Dervis/Anadolu)

Wolle added that B'nai Brith Canada volition "continue to telephone connected the authorities to found a National Emergency Task Force connected Antisemitism, among different initiatives, due to the fact that the Jewish assemblage needs contiguous action, not conscionable words during this clip of violence, hate, and threats to our close to beryllium and enactment successful Canadian society," helium said. Wolle did not connection remark connected either Omar Alghabra and Avnish Nanda appointments.

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Canadian Jewish activistic Ariella Kimmel besides questioned the effectiveness of the recently announced council.

"The Jewish assemblage makes up conscionable 1.2% of Canada's population, yet is the people of 75% of hatred crimes, which is astoundingly disproportionate. Canada does not person a hatred problem; it has a Jew-hatred problem. There is simply a precise circumstantial microorganism spreading rapidly crossed this country, and our premier curate is administering a wide catch-all antibiotic that volition not help."

Temple Emanu-El successful Toronto was changeable astatine connected March 3, 2026. No injuries were reported. (Nick Lachance/Toronto Star via Getty Images)

Kimmel said his code lacked factual solutions and failed to code what she described arsenic increasing hostility toward Jewish communities.

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"There was thing connected the vile chants we perceive connected the streets, thing astir the mobs that people Jewish neighborhoods, thing calling for constabulary to enforce the laws that already exist," she said.

"What Canada doesn't request is different peculiar assembly connected racism. We request to code the existent elephant successful the room, the targeting of Jews utilizing 'Zionism' arsenic an excusable reason, led by radicalized progressives and Islamist fundamentalists."

Fox News Digital reached retired to Carney’s bureau and Omar Alghabra and Avnish Nanda for comment.

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