Ontario’s solicitor general wants the Toronto Police Service to urgently step up its enforcement of “hate, intimidation and harassment-motivated offences” plaguing the city. He is the York Centre Member of Provincial Parliament, the highest-ranking Jewish member of Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s government. While not mentioned by Kerzner, Jewish residents of two buildings in the Bathurst area had their mezuzahs — Hebrew prayer scrolls affixed to doorways — stolen or vandalized in December. Earlier in the month, about 200 anti-Israel protesters gathered outside Meridian Hall to oppose a debate featuring former Israeli officials. Groups that organized the protest called the Israelis “war criminals” and were upset that they were given a platform.

Source: National Post December 31, 2025 16:59 UTC