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ALCCA Chair Mark Sandler appeared before the Standing Senate Committee on Human Rights to deliver opening remarks on Bill C-9 and Canada’s response to hate-motivated crime and extremism.

ALCCA Chair Mark Sandler evaluates key recommendations from the Senate report on antisemitism, examining education, online hate, enforcement, and the need for stronger federal leadership.

ALCCA Chair Mark Sandler critiques the Senate antisemitism report, citing key omissions on antizionism, APR, and radical Islamism.

Today, the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs, the Alliance of Canadians Combatting Antisemitism, B’nai Brith Canada, Canadian Women Against Antisemitism, Canadian Jewish Law Association, and Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center welcomed the adoption of Bill C-9 by the House of Commons and urged Parliamentarians to advance more measures to confront Canada’s antisemitism crisis.

The Justice Committee has reported Bill C-9 (the Combatting Hate Act) back to the House of Commons with amendments. Read ALCCA’s analysis of the proposed changes.

ALCCA Chair Mark Sandler examines serious deficiencies in Public Safety Canada’s recent report on how the government is purportedly fulfilling commitments it made to combat antisemitism. He explains how both the government and community advocacy must focus on contemporary antisemitism, so often manifested by demonizing and delegitimizing those who support Israel’s right to exist, and what this focus must mean in practice.

Canada has closed the Office of the Special Envoy on Preserving Holocaust Remembrance and Combatting Antisemitism. With antisemitic hate crimes at record levels, what does this decision mean – and what must the federal government do next?

This week, ALCCA Chair Mark Sandler appeared as a guest on the very popular Cārvāka Podcast, hosted by Kushal Mehra, alongside Rishabh Sarswat of the Coalition of Hindus of North America (CoHNA), a new member of ALCCA.

As Parliament prepares to return, Jewish organizations – including the Alliance of Canadians Combatting Antisemitism (ALCCA) – urge MPs to strengthen and pass Bill C-9, warning that condemnation alone is not enough to confront rising hate and extremism in Canada.

A clear, actionable wishlist outlining the concrete steps the Province of Ontario can take now to address antisemitism across post-secondary institutions, K–12 education, and public order policing.