Mr. Speaker, it is a privilege to rise in the House of Commons for the first time. I am honoured to serve the beautiful riding of York Centre, located in the great city of Toronto. It is home to one of Canada's largest Jewish communities, to which I belong.
An unprecedented wave of hate crimes is terrorising Canada's Jewish community. Under the Liberal government, hate crimes have gone up 250%, and anti-Semitic hate crimes have gone up over 400%. A Jewish school located a mile away from my North York home has been shot at three times. Enough is enough. Conservatives stand with Canada's Jewish community for its right to exist, to worship and to live free from violence and intimidation.
Last Sunday, over 50,000 Jewish Canadians proudly marched through York Centre on the Walk with Israel. We are grateful to the Toronto police for keeping us safe, but we demand of the Liberal government to end the incitement to violence on Canada's streets and to take all necessary measures to protect the Jewish community.
I know that my Conservative colleagues will fight for the safety of Jews all across Canada.