A little more than a week after Hamas invaded Israel, killing 1,200 people and taking some 250 hostage, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau appointed Deborah Lyons as Canada’s special envoy on Holocaust remembrance and combating antisemitism.&nbsp;

Lyons, a career diplomat who served as Canada’s ambassador to Afghanistan and Israel, took on the role at a fraught time for Canada. The October 7 terrorist attack on Israel and the subsequent war in Gaza fractured Canadian society, spawning anti-Israel protests on university campuses and spurring antisemitic attacks.&nbsp;

"To experience the horrific rise, unprecedented rise, of antisemitism in Canada and the lack of a real response to it, causes me to worry."{ai:summary}A week after Hamas's bloody invasion of Israel, Trudeau named Deborah Lyons as Canada's envoy for Holocaust remembrance, aiming to combat rising antisemitism. This move came as Canadian society grappled with divisions fueled by violence and protests.Lyons, a seasoned diplomat, faces a daunting task in a fractured nation. #society

'What is it about the make-up of our society?' Deborah Lyons on antisemitism in Canada

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