Antisemitism in Canada at Levels Not Seen Since World War II: Former Justice Minister

Then-Liberal MP Irwin Cotler holds a press conference in the foyer of the House of Commons on March 26, 2015. Cotler, Canada's special envoy on preserving Holocaust remembrance and combating antisemitism, says antisemitic hate crimes are on the rise in Canada and around the world. The Canadian Press/ Sean Kilpatrick

Canada has been experiencing some of the worst outbreaks of antisemitism not seen since the end of the Second World War, says former justice minister Irwin Cotler, Canada’s special envoy on preserving Holocaust remembrance and combating antisemitism.

“What we’re witnessing has been a global escalation in antisemitism, but Canada has not been free from that international dynamic,” Cotler said in an interview.