Minister Solomon’s Constituency Office Vandalized With Pro-Palestine Slogans

Minister of A.I. and Digital Innovation Evan Solomon speaks to media following an announcement during a visit to Scale AI, in Montreal on July 10, 2025. The Canadian Press/Christopher Katsarov

Liberal MP Evan Solomon’s constituency office in Toronto was the latest to be vandalized over the weekend in relation to the Israel-Palestine conflict.

Solomon, who serves as minister of artificial intelligence and digital innovation, denounced the act in a social media statement.

“We strongly condemn the illegal act of vandalism at my constituency office this weekend,” he said on Sept. 1. “Canadians have every right to protest peacefully, but vandalism and intimidation have no place in our democracy.”

Solomon said the incident was reported to police and that his office will remain open to serve the community with “respect, dialogue, and openness.”

A spokesperson for the Toronto Police Service told The Epoch Times it was aware of the incident and will be investigating.

Solomon is the MP for the riding of Toronto Centre, near downtown, with his constituency office located on Parliament Street. A former journalist with CBC and CTV, Solomon was first elected to the House of Commons in April and joined Prime Minister Mark Carney’s cabinet in May.

Solomon’s statement included a photo of his office front covered with posters and a graffiti. One poster says “Long live the Intifida,” the Arabic word for “uprising” used by supporters of the Palestinian struggle against Israel. Another poster calls for an arms embargo against Israel.

The name “Anas Al Sharif” was also spray painted in red beside the office entrance, in reference to the journalist from the Qatari network Al Jazeera who was killed by an Israeli strike last month. The Israeli government said Al Sharif was a “terrorist masquerading as a journalist” and released what it said was evidence of him being on the Hamas payroll and involved in the group’s rocket force.

Vandalism against Solomon’s office is part of a long string of similar acts against other Liberal MPs.

The Montreal office of then-immigration minister Marc Miller saw major damage after being vandalized last summer, including windows broken and paint thrown outside and inside the premises. Other MPs’ offices have been targeted in Toronto including those of Julie Dzerowicz, Julie Dabrusin, and former cabinet minister Arif Virani. The office of Peter Fragiskatos was also targeted twice in London.

Pro-Palestine protesters have also staged demonstrations outside the private residences of Virani and Industry Minister Mélanie Joly.

The activity has been ongoing since Oct. 7, 2023, the day Hamas carried raids inside Israel, killing around 1,200 and kidnapping 251.

Israel has since been carrying out military operations inside the Gaza Strip to eliminate Hamas. Hamas, which operates within civilian areas and in tunnels beneath civilian infrastructure, says Israeli action has caused over 60,000 Palestinian deaths. The toll does not differentiate between civilians and combatants. The Israel Defense Forces said in January it had killed 20,000 Hamas operatives.

Aside from ongoing vandalism and street protests, anti-Israel and anti-Semitic activities have also been common occurrence in Canada since October 2023, with Jewish institutions being targeted with gun shots and arson.

The latest case of anti-Semitic violence involves an elderly Jewish woman being stabbed while grocery shopping in Ottawa last week. Police are investigating the attack as a “hate-motivated” incident.

Vandalism against Solomon’s office coincided with him signing a statement over the weekend with 31 other Liberal MPs calling for the safety of Jews in Canada.

“Regrettably, right now, there is a deep sense of unease, fear and unsafety among many Jewish Canadians across Canada,” says the statement. The MPs said three years ago the attack against the elderly Ottawa woman would have been “shocking,” whereas now anti-Semitism is becoming “normalized.”