I've already mentioned the importance of presenting balanced information, information without bias. We have not seen that. We don't see it in most media outlets in this country—not CTV, not Citytv and not CP24. The list goes on and on.
CBC happens to be the big guy on campus, so when they consistently present information that is on one side of a war, it's impossible to present Canadians with the information from the other side of the war.
There's never one party in a war. When a war is started by one group against another, and then they're the ones who are vilified, it really does create a lot of animosity.
The thing that's strange—and I've mentioned this—is that the Jewish people in Canada are somehow responsible for what happens with Israel and Gaza, Israel and Hezbollah and Lebanon, Israel and the Houthis in Yemen, and it continues on and on and on.
Israel is never presented as defending itself, which it has on every single front. It didn't start a war with Lebanon. Hezbollah was rocketing Israel with tens of thousands of rockets. Israel responded. The CBC presents it as Israel attacking Lebanon. The Houthis in Yemen launch missiles at Israel. It has nothing to do with Israel. Israel responds, and now Israel is attacking Yemen.
Hamas, of course, started a war on October 7. They started a war. They came in and they slaughtered 1,200 people. Before Israel even lifted a finger, there were news outlets.... There was one article that I wish I had in front of me. Before Israel had responded, it talked about the concern for Palestinians. There wasn't even a discussion about what had happened and the fact that they had started a war.
When it's presented in this way, we see constant vilification of one group. We see constant praise—maybe not praise, but apathy, towards another. That doesn't mean there shouldn't be, but it needs to be presented without bias. Because of the way we see schools, universities, professors and of course media outlets presenting information that is not complete or true in many cases.... We see what happened. You mentioned a 700% increase.
The Jewish community is targeted more than any other ethnic community in Canada—more than anyone—so we have to ask why. Why did that happen suddenly, right after October 7, and the entire world decided it was okay? We can see the influence of extremism in the media, and I mentioned mainstream schools and universities. This continues, so the suffering will continue and the hostility will continue.
I can tell you that the Jewish community is speaking very seriously about leaving Canada. Most Canadians don't even know this. We, Tafsik, have started a plan B initiative.