Canadian Jewish group slams Carney government for equating anti-Zionism with antisemitism - Anadolu Ajansı

Montreal, October 1, 2026  — Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East (CJPME) has issued the following statement in response to a document published by Public Safety Canada that designates anti-Zionism as a form of antisemitism: As an organization that aims to promote Palestinian human rights and respect for international law, we are alarmed about a recent document published by Public Safety Canada which describes anti-Zionism wholly as a form of antisemitism. The document, which is described as a “Progress Report” on Canada’s commitments to combatting antisemitism, makes this conflation in two instances, and it does so without defining what anti-Zionism is. We reject this claim as a dangerous attack on legitimate political speech, and urge the Canadian government to immediately retract it.

A judge has found a youth guilty of two terrorism-related charges stemming from an alleged 2023 plan to kill Jewish people in Ottawa. In a verdict delivered Friday, Ontario Superior Court Justice Kerry McVey found the young person guilty of conspiracy to commit murder through involvement with a terrorist group, and of facilitating terrorist activity by seeking to acquire a prohibited firearm. McVey found him not guilty of facilitating terrorist activity by making instructional material and propaganda available. The youth, who cannot legally be identified due to his age, had pleaded not guilty to all three charges. His trial began in April, a day after his co-accused was found guilty on four charges. The co-accused, who also cannot be named due to provisions of the Youth Criminal Justice Act, pleaded not guilty to the charges but admitted to a statement of facts and invited a judge to find him guilty. The unusual move preserved his right to appeal pretrial rulings in his case, as well as the findings of guilt. McVey concluded the youth found guilty Friday conspired with his co-accused and another individual who was not charged in a plan to kill a large number of people.

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OTTAWA — A judge has found a youth guilty of two terrorism-related charges stemming from an alleged 2023 plan to kill Jewish people in Ottawa. In a verdict delivered Friday, Ontario Superior Court Justice Kerry McVey found the young person guilty of conspiracy to commit murder through involvement with a terrorist group, and of facilitating terrorist activity by seeking to acquire a prohibited firearm.