The cabinet made it clear on Thursday that it would not accept any “glorification of violence or terror” aimed at Jews in Canada..According to Blacklock’s Reporter, Hamas said that on Friday, October 13, they are calling for a “day of general mobilization” against Jews all over the world..“There will never be any place for the glorification of violence or terror here in Canada,” Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc said in a statement. .“Under no circumstances will it be tolerated.”.“I am in regular contact with senior leadership at the Royal Canadian Mounted Police to remain apprised of their efforts to keep Jewish communities and their institutions safe,” said LeBlanc. .“Support Canada’s Jewish community through this extremely difficult time.”.Conservative MP Melissa Lantsman (Thornhill, ON), representing the most Jewish riding in Parliament, said the killing of Jews in Israel “already inspired large protests in support of their evil acts.” .According to Elections Canada, about 29% of the residents in Thornhill are Jewish..“The dangerous and hateful rhetoric from Hamas terrorists inciting violence Friday around the world must be taken seriously,” said Lantsman. .Canada has designated the organization Hamas, also known as Harakat Al-Muqawama Al-Islamiya, as a terrorist movement since 2002..Hamas called for “the masses of the Arab and Islamic world and free people worldwide” to mobilize against Jews. .“From the fortress of resistance and pride in the Gaza Strip, from its steadfast people, men, women, children and elders who defy the occupation and from its minarets, chambers and mosques which are subjected to the heinous aggression of the Zionist war machine, we send this call to the free sons and daughters of our Arab and Islamic nation across the world.”.Canada has 335,000 Jews, according to Census data, a fraction of the Muslim population (1.8 million). Canadian Jews outnumber Lutherans (328,000), Presbyterians (301,000), Jehovah’s Witnesses (137,000) and Mormons (88,000). .Approximately 33,000 Canadians identify Hebrew or Yiddish as their mother tongue..Canada's largest Jewish populations are in Ontario (196,000), Quebec (85,000), British Columbia (27,000) and Manitoba (12,000), by Statistics Canada estimate. .According to a 2019 guide Estimate of the Jewish Population from Elections Canada, they found that 54 out of the 338 federal ridings had significant Jewish communities..The research was completed to “accommodate the needs of observant Jewish electors” in poll scheduling..The largest ridings with Jewish communities after Thornhill were Mount Royal, QC (21%), Eglinton-Lawrence, ON (16%), York Centre, ON (14%) and Toronto-St. Paul’s, ON (11%).
The cabinet made it clear on Thursday that it would not accept any “glorification of violence or terror” aimed at Jews in Canada..According to Blacklock’s Reporter, Hamas said that on Friday, October 13, they are calling for a “day of general mobilization” against Jews all over the world..“There will never be any place for the glorification of violence or terror here in Canada,” Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc said in a statement. .“Under no circumstances will it be tolerated.”.“I am in regular contact with senior leadership at the Royal Canadian Mounted Police to remain apprised of their efforts to keep Jewish communities and their institutions safe,” said LeBlanc. .“Support Canada’s Jewish community through this extremely difficult time.”.Conservative MP Melissa Lantsman (Thornhill, ON), representing the most Jewish riding in Parliament, said the killing of Jews in Israel “already inspired large protests in support of their evil acts.” .According to Elections Canada, about 29% of the residents in Thornhill are Jewish..“The dangerous and hateful rhetoric from Hamas terrorists inciting violence Friday around the world must be taken seriously,” said Lantsman. .Canada has designated the organization Hamas, also known as Harakat Al-Muqawama Al-Islamiya, as a terrorist movement since 2002..Hamas called for “the masses of the Arab and Islamic world and free people worldwide” to mobilize against Jews. .“From the fortress of resistance and pride in the Gaza Strip, from its steadfast people, men, women, children and elders who defy the occupation and from its minarets, chambers and mosques which are subjected to the heinous aggression of the Zionist war machine, we send this call to the free sons and daughters of our Arab and Islamic nation across the world.”.Canada has 335,000 Jews, according to Census data, a fraction of the Muslim population (1.8 million). Canadian Jews outnumber Lutherans (328,000), Presbyterians (301,000), Jehovah’s Witnesses (137,000) and Mormons (88,000). .Approximately 33,000 Canadians identify Hebrew or Yiddish as their mother tongue..Canada's largest Jewish populations are in Ontario (196,000), Quebec (85,000), British Columbia (27,000) and Manitoba (12,000), by Statistics Canada estimate. .According to a 2019 guide Estimate of the Jewish Population from Elections Canada, they found that 54 out of the 338 federal ridings had significant Jewish communities..The research was completed to “accommodate the needs of observant Jewish electors” in poll scheduling..The largest ridings with Jewish communities after Thornhill were Mount Royal, QC (21%), Eglinton-Lawrence, ON (16%), York Centre, ON (14%) and Toronto-St. Paul’s, ON (11%).
