Thank you, witnesses, for taking the time to join us today.
I'd like to start with you, Mr. Shack.
In November 2024, CIJA wrote a letter to the government in the wake of rampant anti-Semitism across the country—riots, even. There were five actions in it. I won't go through them all, in the interest of time, but I'd invite you to submit a copy of it to the committee for our review later.
I noticed that nowhere on that list of actions for the federal government was the removal of Attorney General consent on prosecuting hate crimes, changing the definition of hate or removing religious protections that exist under section 319; even some of the other measures of Bill C-9 were not in there. What you asked for in that letter was to strengthen the enforcement of existing hate crime laws.
Do you believe there has been an enforcement problem in the last two years with Canada's existing laws surrounding hate, intimidation and mischief as they pertain to your community and your members?