Canadian news reports suggested that the omission had been unintentional. The outcry recalled the controversy earlier this year in the United States when the White House failed to specifically mention Jews or anti-Semitism in a statement to commemorate International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Sign Up You agree to receive occasional updates and special offers for The New York Times's products and services. Canada’s National Holocaust Memorial was designed by Daniel Libeskind, the Polish-American architect responsible for Berlin’s Jewish Museum and the master plan for the World Trade Center site in New York. Advertisement Continue reading the main storyMr. Trudeau spoke specifically about anti-Semitism during his emotional inauguration of the memorial, which was attended by Holocaust survivors.

Source: New York Times October 05, 2017 13:02 UTC