Liberal MPs call for action against antisemitism after stabbing of Jewish woman in Ottawa

Liberal MP Anthony Housefather in Ottawa in May, 2024. Housefather and 31 other Liberal lawmakers released a letter decrying a 'deplorable' rise in antisemitism.

Nearly a fifth of the Liberal caucus has issued a letter calling for more to be done to address a rise in antisemitism after a Jewish woman in her 70s was stabbed at an Ottawa grocery store .

Mount Royal MP Anthony Housefather posted the letter on social media he signed along with 31 other Liberal lawmakers that decries what the letter calls the “deplorable” rise in antisemitism , warning it is “becoming normalized” in Canada.

Ottawa police charged 71-year-old Joseph Rooke with aggravated assault and possession of a dangerous weapon over the stabbing last week, and are treating the incident as a “hate-motivated crime.”

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