July 7, 2011 -- The Canadian Parliamentary Coalition to Combat Antisemitism (CPCCA) released the Final Report of their Inquiry Panel. David Sweet, MP, is a member of both CPCCA’s Steering Committee and served on the Inquiry Panel.

Click here to read the report. 

“The testimony of the witnesses who came before the Inquiry Panel was truly an eye-opener,” said David Sweet, MP for Ancaster-Dundas-Flamborough-Westdale. “For me, it reaffirmed the mandate and raison d’etre of CPCCA in continuing the struggle against this oldest and most enduring of hatreds”. 

“At a time when Canada is witnessing an unprecedented increase in antisemitic incidents and hateful discourse,” said Mario Silva, Chair of the Inquiry Panel. “The release of the CPCCA report could not be more timely.” 

After two years of investigation and hearings, the Inquiry Panel's conclusion, unfortunately, is that the scourge of antisemitism is a growing threat in Canada, especially on the campuses of our universities. 

The Inquiry Panel has made several recommendations to the Government of Canada.  Among these recommendations are the training of police forces across Canada in how better to deal with antisemitism; the sponsorship of conferences at universities that seek to counter antisemitic events, such as "Israeli Apartheid Week"; and the adoption of a clear and concise definition of what antisemitism entails. 

“Our work on the Inquiry Panel final report has taken us over two years to complete,” said Silva. “And we are calling on the Government of Canada to take our recommendations under serious consideration to combat the wave of antisemitism we are witnessing in our nation. Canada is founded on a set of shared values and antisemitism is an affront to all we stand for in this country.”