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The past two weeks have seen more overt anti-Semitism in our streets than we have seen since the pro-Hezbollah demonstrations more than a decade ago. This newspaper is the first to stand for indivisible freedom of expression save and except for overt incitement to violence. That line has been crossed. Let the debate continue. But it is time to limit the hate.
What started out as anti-Israeli and pro-Palestinian demonstrations outside the Israeli Consulate opposing the Israeli bombing of Hamas in Gaza after that terrorist army launched 3200 rocket attacks against Israeli civilians, has morphed into physical attacks on Jews, threats against Jewish lives blared through Montrealâs streets and a riot by Palestinian supporters that laid siege to downtown. The actions and words of many of these demonstrators can accurately be characterized as anti-Semitism as they have been by many public officials and commentators.
There is no doubt that the pandemic has redefined how we see our world, and even our view of right and wrong. With our freedoms stifled and expectations trounced, people are rightfully outraged by the toll of the pandemic on all of us, our finances, our health.
But Iâve been hearing a lot of the usual tripe about denying compassion or treatment to people who donât observe the rules. Iâve toyed with the idea of course, relishing the thought of BDSers PRAYING Israel doesnât come up with a vaccine that they are going to have to boycott. D-OH!
Bogus debate on “decline of French” in Montreal fuels Quebec chauvinism
In the midst of Canada’s raging COVID-19 pandemic and as Quebec, Ontario, and other provinces have registered record numbers of infections, provincial and federal politicians in Quebec have been absorbed in a manufactured controversy over the decline of French in Montreal.
On November 13, the
Journal de Montréal published a report sensationally titled, “Incapable of being served in French.” It reported that during a visit to 31 stores and restaurants in downtown Montreal, 16 had greeted customers/journalists in English.
The
Journal de Montréal is a daily tabloid published by Quebecor, a media and telecommunications empire that owns newspapers and television and radio stations. It is owned by Pierre-Karl Péladeau, a billionaire whose fortune is estimated at US$1.8 billion and who briefly served as leader of the pro-independence Parti Québécois (PQ) in 2015-16.
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