Thank you, Madam Chair.
Thank you to Mr. Housefather for your courage in standing up for the Jewish community and putting forward this motion. I think it's a very important study, and I support that we undertake that.
In my home province of British Columbia, at my university, the University of British Columbia, there was a referendum or a threat of one recently to terminate the lease that Hillel House has had on campus for many years. It's a very significant presence in the university. It is a haven for the Jewish student body there. Thankfully, the referendum didn't go ahead, with the good leadership of the student association; but just the fact that the referendum was even suggested, I think, has been very disturbing for not only people in my home province of British Columbia but throughout the country.
The motion also would have included BDS sanctions—boycott, divestment and sanctions—against Israel and anything to do with Israel, and that's just the newest form of anti-Semitism. I find it all very disturbing.
I'm very supportive of having this study to better understand what is going on here in Canada with anti-Semitism, which is something I never thought I would see in my lifetime, and also to demonstrate to the Jewish community that we stand with them and that they are an important part of Canadian culture.
Thank you.