Jewish Community Organizations Welcome Sentencing in Terrorism Case
- ALCCA Staff
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Toronto, ON – March 27, 2026 – Today, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice handed down a sentence of 20 years in the case of Matthew Althorpe, who pleaded guilty in October to three terrorism-related charges. In response, five Jewish organizations that provided community impact statements – Alliance of Canadians Combatting Antisemitism (ALCCA), B’nai Brith Canada, the Canadian Antisemitism Education Foundation, the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs, and the Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center – issued the following joint statement:
“Today’s sentencing sends a powerful message: those who spread hate, inflict violence, and terrorize communities will be held fully accountable under the law. This is especially critical in the wake of recent shootings at three Toronto-area synagogues and last week’s warning by the Integrated Threat Assessment Centre about the ‘realistic possibility’ of a violent extremist attack against the Jewish community, which reminds us that hate-motivated violence is a persistent and dangerous reality in Canada.”
“The threat posed by Mr. Althorpe was not only to the Jewish community. His hatred and violent extremism targeted all those who did not align with his grotesque ideology. His actions not only fueled neo-Nazi groups threatening Canadians, they were linked to at least six international terror attacks, including a shooting targeting the LGBTQ+ community in Slovakia and mass stabbing at a mosque in Türkiye.
“The severity of these threats must be a call to action for governments to do more to protect Canadians. This should include filling gaps in Canada’s anti-terror laws, addressing the sources of hate and radicalization, prioritizing enforcement to disrupt and dismantle terror networks, and boosting support for community security.”
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A version of this post was first published on the CIJA website.