Tell Canada: Publicly correct the record. Anti-Zionism is not antisemitism.
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Thousands of you have participated in this letter campaign, and after NCCM pressed the government for an answer, we secured a response. In his Oct 16 letter, Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree offered a limited clarification in a private letter, saying the government’s report was not intended to suggest that all criticism of Zionism or Israel is antisemitic.
But the public report remains unchanged. It still states: “Antisemitism, which includes anti-Zionism, is not always obvious,” and that “Contemporary manifestations of antisemitism [include] anti-Zionism.”
A private assurance does not correct the public record. Government officials and pro-Israel advocacy groups that seek to discredit Palestine solidarity can and will continue pointing to that uncorrected language as the government’s position.
Much of the minister’s response instead reaffirms the IHRA definition and its Canadian handbook, including its use in law enforcement education. Repeatedly calling this framework “non-binding” does not address its consequences for Palestinian rights advocacy.
Our pressure secured a response. Now we need your help to ensure a public retraction and concrete action.
Send a letter demanding that Canada:
Publicly retract the report’s conflation of anti-Zionism with antisemitism
Affirm the legitimacy of anti-Zionism as a political position
Acknowledge the harm this conflation causes Palestinian and Jewish communities
Remove this conflation from government guidance and police and justice-sector training, including via the IHRA definition.
