Anti-Semitism growing threat on campuses: group

Anti-Semitism on Canadian university campuses is a growing threat and the Canadian government needs to do more to tackle hate crimes against Jews, a parliamentary inquiry has found.

The Canadian Parliamentary Coalition to Combat Anti-Semitism released its report on Thursday following two years of hearings.

According to the report, anti-Semitism is on the rise in Canada, especially in universities. The report makes several recommendations to the government, including working with police services across Canada to clearly define what constitutes an anti-Semitic crime and looking at rising international anti-Semitism when designating source countries for immigration.

“We have a limited ability to measure (hate crimes against Jews) across the country,” Conservative MP Scott Reid, who headed the coalition’s steering committee, told journalists on Thursday.

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Here is a link to the full report. Tom