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Or sign-in if you have an account.Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks during a visit with members of the Jewish community and law enforcement leaders at Holy Blossom Temple in Toronto, Ontario on Monday, June 1, 2026. (Peter Power/Postmedia News)Prime Minister Mark Carney isn’t serious about antisemitism, and neither is our national broadcaster.Enjoy the latest local, national and international news.Exclusive articles by Conrad Black, Barbara Kay and others. Plus, special edition NP Platformed and First Reading newsletters and virtual events.Unlimited online access to National Post.National Post ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition to view on any device, share and comment on.Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword.Support local journalism.Enjoy the latest local, national and international news.Exclusive articles by Conrad Black, Barbara Kay and others. 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Please try againThe synagogue’s chief rabbi, Yael Splansky, who couldn’t be there in person because her father had just received surgery in the United States, pre-recorded a video thanking Carney for being present and provided a detailed outline of the fears felt by the Jewish community.“We are listening carefully for your clear commitment to confront antisemitism wherever it festers,” she said, pointing out that antisemitism “is not a Jewish problem,” and that “only government can govern.”Local Liberal MP Leslie Church spoke about the community, telling a story about bringing her daughter to a synagogue, and her confusion over why it would need police security when their church doesn’t.Liberal MP Evan Solomon — whose family has deep, multi-generational ties in the congregation — said the same things Jewish-Canadians have been hearing since October 7: that they are “facing a level of antisemitism that is unacceptable, it’s frightening and it’s dangerous.”None of these speeches reached Canadians through the CBC, however. And neither did most of Carney’s remarks, because the public broadcaster did not provide its audience with the full, uninterrupted speech.Instead, readers were presented with an article containing three short clips, all under four minutes in length (Carney’s actual speech was just over 26 minutes long). And one of them was the CBC’s TV news story on the speech, which its flagship news program, the National, buried behind numerous other stories, including artificial intelligence and an unfavourable court ruling for U.S. President Donald Trump — showing just how much our public broadcaster cares about this issue.Carney’s proposed solution to rising antisemitism is a new Ministerial Advisory Council on Rights, Equality and Inclusion, chaired by, of all people, the minister of Canadian identity and culture, Marc Miller.The prime minister said the council will “co-ordinate a whole-of-federal-government approach to antisemitism,” ensuring that “federal policies, workplaces, public safety programs and community initiatives are aligned in protecting Jewish-Canadians, confronting hate and promoting inclusion.”He did not mention whether his own government’s past funding of antisemitism would be investigated.Miller’s department has been responsible for funding antisemitism on multiple occasions. Last year, the Department of Canadian Heritage gave just under $100,000 to Toronto Palestinian Families, an antisemitic group in Toronto, under the guise of fighting antisemitism; and $61,000 to a cultural festival in New Brunswick on the same day that an Israel booth was attacked, after the organizers failed to provide it with proper security.It’s also worth noting that the same department, under former minister Pablo Rodriguez, provided $133,800 to noted antisemite Laith Marouf’s Community Media Advocacy Centre. Miller is the last person who should be chairing a council on antisemitism, given his department’s funding history.Another member of the council is Omar Alghabra, the one-time president of the Canadian Arab Federation, an organization that, following his tenure, lost its federal funding for supporting terrorist groups.The CBC never shared these details with its readers.The full speech should have been shared with readers so they could judge for themselves whether Carney cares more about tackling antisemitism or not upsetting other voters.Rather than naming where Jew-hatred comes from, the prime minister wasted time with history lessons, discussing the hate faced by a variety of groups and even mentioning Islamophobia, which CBC defended as only being done “in passing.”Worse, the broadcaster didn’t include the point in the speech where Carney gave us a snippet of what he thinks might be fuelling this Jew-hatred.In an announcement that was supposed to be dedicated to him convincing Jewish-Canadians that he’s serious about antisemitism, he said, “Differences generate friction. Accommodation of competing claims is real work. We will always have our legitimate debates about where the lines properly fall. But those debates are part of how our pluralistic country sustains itself.”Are we expected to believe that all this hate and violence directed towards Jews is just a feature of healthy debate in pluralistic societies? And why didn’t the CBC share his whole speech with Canadians?National Post Get the latest from Terry Newman straight to your inbox Join the Conversation This website uses cookies to personalize your content (including ads), and allows us to analyze our traffic. Read more about cookies here. By continuing to use our site, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.