Mr. Chair, this is a timely debate we are having, especially with the event that happened today in Montreal, where swastikas were painted on cars and bullets were left behind to intimidate a Jewish community.
Even though we are talking about increasing education and awareness and making sure that the hate of the Jewish people is removed from our society and cultures around this world, we are seeing increasing violence. We are seeing increasing avenues being used to actually promote anti-Semitism, such as anti-Zionism, people who do not want to recognize the State of Israel as a nation. We are seeing increased violence from groups such as the Islamic State, which wants to establish their caliphate and in that process get rid of all Jews and other non-believers in their idea of their religion.
I was wondering if the member for Thornhill could speak to the point that we are facing a dangerous time, again, in our history that we should get beyond. One would think that as an educated society, as a society that has more opportunities to disseminate information, we would be more peace-loving and accommodating to all cultures and all religions, yet we are still faced with this horrible hate, a scourge that seems to be spreading across the globe.