Ex-minister Mendicino Confronted on Why Feds Cracked Down on Truckers but Not Attackers of Jewish Community

The MP was attending an event at the Adath Israel synagogue in Toronto when he was asked why the government took no action against anti-Israel protesters.

Then-Minister of Public Safety Marco Mendicino rises during Question Period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on June 15, 2023. The Canadian Press/Justin Tang

Former Public Safety minister Marco Mendicino faced questions at a Toronto synagogue about his government’s lack of action against anti-Israel protesters calling for violence compared to the way it cracked down on the Freedom Convoy in Ottawa.

“You want to protest, protest. Don’t provoke your neighbours and your citizens,” he said while attending a meeting at the Adath Israel Synagogue on Jan. 11. “You want to advocate, by all means advocate, but do not antagonize. That is where we draw the boundary.”