Record antisemitic incidents in Canada fuel criticism of Carney government response

The Canadian authorities led by Prime Minister Mark Carney is facing renewed disapproval that it is not doing capable to curb antisemitism arsenic a caller study shows grounds numbers of dislike crimes against nan nation's Jewish population. 

On Monday, quality authorities statement B’nai Brith Canada’s League for Human Rights released a study showing that 6,800 antisemitic incidents took spot successful nan state successful 2025, representing a 9.4% summation complete 2024. On average, this represented 18.6 incidents a day, and was nan "highest volume" nan group has recorded since it began search incidents.

Just past week, Canada’s Standing Senate Committee connected Human Rights released a report connected nan emergence of antisemitism successful Canada pursuing nan Hamas attacks of Oct. 7, 2023. The committee issued 22 recommendations for nan Canadian authorities to reside nan tide of anti-Jewish hate.

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The Montreal Torah Center is shown successful Hampstead, Quebec, connected Nov. 14, 2023, amid concerns complete a emergence successful antisemitic acts including attacks connected Jewish schools and a synagogue successful Montreal. (Photo by ALEXIS AUBIN/AFP via Getty Images)

The recommendations span nan gamut of expanding investigation into dislike crime data, improving information funding, addressing nan show of dislike symbols, expanding societal media and integer literacy, and expanding acquisition resources for professionals teachers and students.

In 1 recommendation, nan study addressed nan premier curate directly, asking that he reinstate nan position of a Special Envoy connected Preserving Holocaust Remembrance and Combating Antisemitism. Carney eliminated this position successful February on pinch nan combating Islamophobia position, integrating them into a different office. His agency did not respond to Fox News Digital’s enquiry astir whether he intends to travel nan recommendation.

While immoderate welcomed nan report, respective Jewish-Canadians expressed interest whether it accurately identified drivers of antisemitism.

The study does not mention Islamic extremism, and only occasionally mentions antizionist fervor, often describing it utilizing nan words of different institutions and respondents.

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Masked pro-Palestinian protesters stormed a pro-Israel arena successful Toronto, breaking solid and allegedly attacking attendees connected Nov. 5, 2025. (Jonathan Karten)

"It is profoundly troubling and bewildering that nan Senate study doesn’t moreover reference belief radicalism arsenic a problem," Rabbi Elchanan Poupko, big of The Jewish World podcast told Fox News Digital.

He said "the reluctance to place nan radicals is itself grounds of ignorance and bias. By their soundlessness politicians are implying that they deliberation nan wide Muslim organization is supportive of nan radicals and truthful fearfulness alienating that organization by denouncing nan radicals. Truth beryllium told it is often that mean Muslims are nan first who suffer astatine nan hands of extremist elements."

Poupko added that it "is notoriously difficult to quantify pinch immoderate grade of certainty what percent of Canadian Muslims support nan radicals," but said that "it is surely acold from a majority."

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Anti-Israel protesters stitchery extracurricular nan Beth Avraham Yoseph synagogue successful Toronto connected March 7, 2024. The synagogue was 1 of 3 targeted successful shootings during nan first week of March 2024. (Mert Alper Dervis/Anadolu)

The Canadian Muslim Public Affairs Council raised concerns of its ain astir nan Senate’s recommendations. Though it "reaffirm[ed] that combating antisemitism is basal to protecting each communities successful Canada," nan group stated on X that "certain recommendations…raise superior concerns astir imaginable impacts connected Charter-protected freedoms, including protestation and expression" and suggested "efforts to reside hate" should "not inadvertently limit civilian rights, restrict lawful defense aliases disproportionately marginalize communities."

Aviva Klompas, CEO and co-founder of Boundless Israel, told Fox News Digital that she applauds nan report’s recommendations of "creating information zones astir belief institutions and organization spaces, strengthening dislike crime enforcement and education," but does not "think it afloat accounts for nan aggregate dimensions driving this contiguous surge, including Islamic extremism and nan ways antizionism is utilized arsenic a screen to target Jews."

There are concerns astir whether nan Senate’s recommendations are capable to reside nan current ambiance of anti-Jewish hate. Poupko said that "antisemitism is excessively generic a word to picture what is now nan problem," and says that nan "‘old’ solutions, for illustration education, constabulary training and Holocaust consciousness are intelligibly insufficient to meet nan challenge."

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney faces disapproval complete nan emergence successful antisemitic attacks aft shootings astatine synagogues successful nan Toronto area earlier this year. (Renaud Philippe/Bloomberg via Getty Images/Nick Lachance/Toronto Star via Getty Images)

Klompas says she "appreciate[s] that a scheme is being put into place" but is concerned "that it doesn’t meet nan urgency of nan moment. Jewish schools person been changeable at, synagogues many times targeted and Jewish-owned businesses vandalized."

She questioned whether anyone would "gamble connected a caller task unit aliases acquisition training programs to support your family and friends safe astatine a infinitesimal erstwhile they are actively nether attack?"

Ian McLeod, elder media relations advisor astatine nan Canadian Department of Justice, told Fox News Digital that "the Government of Canada is taking concrete action to counter hate in each its forms, including antisemitism, and reenforce that our nine will not tolerate anyone being made to consciousness acrophobic because of who they are, really they believe aliases wherever they gather." The spokesperson noted that galore of nan Senate’s recommendations "reflect these actions."

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

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Among nan initiatives McLeod said were already underway is Canada’s Action Plan connected Combatting Hate (CAPCH), launched successful September 2024, "which brings new and existing initiatives together to foster greater coordination and collaboration among national organizations to forestall and reside hate."  

During nan aforesaid year, McLeod said that nan Canadian authorities "announced complete $273 cardinal to support organization safety, amended responses to dislike crimes, thief victims, and counter radicalization."