Noah Shack: After Belleville, it’s time to restore peace, order and good government - National Post
Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks at Holy Blossom Temple synagogue in Toronto on Monday June 1, 2026. Photo by Ernest Doroszuk /Ernest Doroszuk/Toronto Sun/PostArticle contentWhile Americans pride themselves on “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness,” Canada’s Constitution is grounded in “peace, order and good government.” Those words express a foundational Canadian promise: laws will be enforced consistently, institutions will uphold basic standards and disagreements will be resolved peacefully — not through violence.
For Jewish-Canadians, that promise has too often fallen short over the past three years.
Columnist Jesse Kline keeps you up to date with what’s happening in Israel and the effects of antisemitism on life here in Canada. Friday mornings.
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The Hamas-led terrorist attacks of Oct. 7, 2023, not only marked the deadliest day for the Jewish people since the Holocaust, they unleashed a global wave of antisemitism on a scale not seen in generations. Here in Canada, the impact has been felt across the country and in every part of life.
Jewish federal public servants are facing harassment and discrimination at twice the rate of other communities. Hateful protests feature open calls for violence and Nazi-era propaganda, while police look on. Jewish-owned businesses have been targeted.
Almost every Jewish university student has experienced or witnessed antisemitism. The National Holocaust Monument was desecrated. Jewish workers face hostility from the very unions meant to represent them. Synagogues and Jewish schools have been firebombed and shot at.
In many cases, a familiar pattern emerges. Governments, institutions and authorities fail to take responsibility, enforce their own rules or hold perpetrators to account.
Too often, the response changes when an incident is wrapped in the language of criticism of Israel or the conflict in Gaza. Conduct that would be recognized as intolerable in any other context, or for any other demographic, is suddenly treated as acceptable.
