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GLORIA GALLOWAY OTTAWA— From Friday’s Globe and Mail, Jul. 08, 2011 A multi-party coalition of current and former parliamentarians has concluded that anti-Semitic incidents are on the increase across Canada and have been fostered by a climate that is receptive to attacks on Israel, particularly on university campuses. But critics say the work of the [...]  Criterion Grade Comments Researcher Legitimacy F Self-selected MPs portray themselves as an official parliamentary committee Passed ethical review F Goal to justify muzzling criticism of Israel; not an ethical research method Is hypothesis testable F Conflates hostility to Jews with criticism of Israeli policies Was method unbiased F Selected mostly pro-Israel lobby groups, rejected [...] 11 December 2010 To: The Right Honourable Dalton McGuinty, * Premier of Ontario. Dear Mr. McGuinty, I am writing to you as a senior member of the teaching profession in Ontario’s college and university sector. I began my teaching career at Centennial College in Toronto nearly forty years ago, resigned from my position [...] Press Release For immediate release December 9, 2010 Jewish Group Commends U of T Provost for Supporting Freedom of Inquiry Independent Jewish Voices – Canada (IJV) applauds University of Toronto Provost Cheryl Misak for standing behind the student whose thesis on Jewish identity and Holocaust education programs has been criticized by some observers as [...] November/December 2010 Volume 23, Number 3 TEACHER News Magazine of the BC Teachers’ Federation By Bob Rosen The conflict between Israel and the Palestinians has [...] By Harry Shannon Published on rabble.ca November 8, 2010 In 1987, when caught in a lie about the Iran-Contra affair, President Ronald Reagan infamously said : “My heart and my best intentions still tell me that’s true, but the facts and the evidence tell me it is not.” In 2010, Liberal MP Irwin [...] Independant Jewish Voices-Canada has released a new video: Defend Free Speech: The threat is from the new McCarthyism NOT the new antisemitism. It is a strong refutation of the legitimacy of the Canadian Parliamentary Coalition to Combat Antisemitism (CPCCA) meeting today and tomorrow. The Harper government has given [...] Media release 13 June 2010 Independent Jewish Voices (Canada) condemns Manitoba Education Minister Nancy Allan for caving in to a demand to censor a question on the province’s Grade 12 final Language Arts examination. IJV-C also condemns B’nai Brith Canada for suggesting the censorship. Allen reviewed one question on the test and not only echoed [...] by Scott Weinstein* It started out on a hopeful note. To kick off their hearings on antisemitism, an Israeli flown to Ottawa stated absolutely that Canada is a “pioneer” of campus antisemitism. Faster than you can say “Mazel Tov!“, his statement made the press release headline from the Canadian Parliamentary Coalition [...] (English below) De Hélène Buzetti Le Devoir, 20 mars 2010 Ottawa – Le Bloc québécois a décidé hier de se retirer de la Coalition parlementaire canadienne de lutte contre l’antisémitisme parce qu’il juge celle-ci «biaisée» en faveur d’Israël et contre les Palestiniens. La Coalition parlementaire canadienne de lutte contre l’antisémitisme (CPCCA, de son acronyme anglais) [...] |
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