Over the past year the position has morphed from Canada’s special envoy to promote apartheid into Canada’s special envoy to promote genocide and then special envoy to promote a holocaust. Now Deborah Lyons should be labeled special envoy to promote a billionaire couple’s right to fund a genocidal military without criticism. Last Wednesday protests were... Continue Reading →
Enabling the ‘cancel culture’ of Israeli nationalists
The Israel lobby regularly torments people and seeks to undermine their ability to make a living. While increasing numbers of Canadians are wise to their slander campaigns, some progressives still end up aligning with the bullies who have misused the term anti-Semitism to intimidate and silence. The list of good people who have been put... Continue Reading →
A blow to the Israel lobby
A large campaign that forced the University of Toronto to re-offer a job to Valentina Azarova is a blow to the Israel lobby. But her rejection of the position highlights the lobby’s power to torment individuals. A year ago a University of Toronto law school hiring committee unanimously selected Azarova to direct its International Human... Continue Reading →
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