Manitoba and New Brunswick become latest Canadian provinces to adopt International Definition of Antisemitism

Manitoba and New Brunswick have become the latest Canadian provinces to adopt the International Definition of Antisemitism.

The Premier of New Brunswick formalised a declaration endorsing the Definition last week. The text resolves that New Brunswick “endorses and adopts the working definition of antisemitism as adopted by the IHRA Plenary on 26th May, 2016.”

The two provinces join Ontario and Alberta among Canada’s regions that have adopted the Definition.

Campaign Against Antisemitism applauds the decisions, which demonstrate Manitoba’s and New Brunswick’s solidarity with the Jewish community at a time of growing antisemitism in Canada.

Britain was the first country in the world to adopt the International Definition, something for which Campaign Against Antisemitism and Lord Pickles worked hard over many meetings with officials at Downing Street.

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