The Canadian Jewish Community Forum wishes to commend members of the national legislatures of Australia, Canada, Israel, the United Kingdom, and the United States who came together across party lines to launch the Inter-Parliamentary Task Force to Combat Online Antisemitism.
“We wish to commend these leaders for taking the important international initiative to address the urgent dangers which are getting worse on a daily basis resulting in worldwide physical assaults, deaths and civil insurrection,” said CJCF Spokesperson Les Scheininger.
Mr. Scheininger said that the CJCF wishes to thank these leaders for their hard work and diligence to date and welcomes the intentions to continue the efforts.
“We appreciate the preliminary recommendation that legislators should consider ways to make the online space safer for all for all,” Mr. Scheininger said. “Thirty countries have adopted the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance definition of antisemitism. World political leaders and civil society condemn racism. Numerous internet providers have banned various other examples of objectionable posts. Yet, in spite of repeated calls for self-regulation and self-policing, announcements of proposed changes and new proposed legislation, racist posts still persist and are becoming more prevalent.”
The CJCF hopes that the next stages of the Task Force work includes the study of the use of existing international legislation, including the Canadian Criminal Code and its enforcement, present international conventions and protocols criminalizing racist and xenophobic acts and the need for legislators to take responsibility for ensuring that there are criminal prosecutions rather than placing the burden on groups and individuals to take action.
About the Canadian Jewish Community Forum
The Canadian Jewish Community Forum was formally launched on May 27, 2021 by a group of former Canadian Jewish Congress senior leaders from coast to coast. For 92 years, until its dissolution in 2011, CJC was recognized as the Parliament of Canadian Jewry and served as the community’s democratic and grassroots voice, advocate and intervenor with governments, courts and other communities, domestically and internationally. The CJCF will provide a forum to educate, discuss and debate issues of interest and concern, both regional and national, that impact Canada, the Canadian Jewish community and the welfare of the people of Israel
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Contact:
Mike Cohen
Communications Advisor, communicationsmjc@gmail.com
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