Mr. Speaker, on the holiest day in the Jewish calendar, a shooting took place outside a Belleville synagogue. Constable Smith, who was stationed outside the synagogue, was shot and is now hospitalized in critical condition.
This is a back-to-back statement in which I thank, and pray for, a police hero hit by gunfire in the line of duty.
What happened to our country, so Canada's Jewish community is afraid to go to temple? I asked my colleagues on the Liberal side to save their tweets. They did nothing to protect the Jewish community, get rid of the IRGC and Hamas networks in Canada, empower the RCMP to intervene locally or stop dehumanizing Jews by accusing Israel of genocide. Civilian casualties of war are not genocide. Finally, people who promote Islamist jihad do not belong in Canada. Open your eyes. Enough is enough.
On this difficult day, I wish the Jewish community G'mar chatima tova.