Thank you.
First of all, I want to indicate that I find this motion deeply problematic. The entire premise is a National Post piece. The National Post has been engaged in some very problematic coverage for some time—particularly, I would say, when it comes to hate overall.
The National Post is also well known for supporting residential school denialism and anti-indigenous racism. There's a piece, I believe in today's paper, that shares deeply racist messaging around Ontario MPP Sarah Jama. It engages in both racism and anti-Palestinian racism.
I think we have to be clear. This motion from the Conservatives is not about condemning anti-Semitism; it's about playing their political games, because if they cared to condemn anti-racism, then 30 minutes ago they would have supported the motion put forward by the Liberals to study the rise of the far right, which is engaged in anti-Semitic hate and other forms of hate.
In fact, their leader, for days now, has refused to condemn Diagolon, a far-right organization that also pushes anti-Semitism. He met with folks who support this far-right movement and he still refuses to condemn them.
If we're going to talk about condemning hate, I will say that just this past October, this member came out with the egregious accusation of CBC journalists being on the side of terrorism in their coverage of genocide in Gaza—