As our country has witnessed a massive increase in hateful rhetoric directed towards Jewish Canadians, I have been reflecting on past commitments by Parliament. With the passage of foreign interference legislation, we have an opportunity to start to root out institutionalized antisemitism in Canada.

In 2016, the House of Commons voted to “reject” and “condemn” the boycott, divest and sanction (BDS) movement after a debate on BDS and how it was fomenting division in our society. While there was disagreement between MPs on the appropriateness of condemning a protest movement, there was near unanimous, multi-partisan support for the view that the BDS movement was intolerant.