Justice committee  This is a regular thing. The attempt to ban Jewish student organizations on campuses is not a new thing. Everyone wants us to think this is a new thing. I come from the U.K. originally. There were attempts to ban Jewish societies on campus in the U.K. from as early as 1973, especially after the UN passed its infamous “Zionism is racism” resolution in 1975.

Justice committee  I have a national organization, but I don't necessarily know whether.... I've been in Canada for six years. I know the university presidents on my campus. I don't know whether I'm....

Justice committee  Nobody has been doing enough. I'll start by saying that. I work at Queen's and I have great relationships throughout the university administration. I meet with people regularly. Do I feel like they're doing enough? No, and I tell them that regularly. I hear from colleagues....

Justice committee  I'm not a student, but I work with students and, yes, I see that every single day.

Justice committee  No.

Justice committee  Yes.

Justice committee  Yes.

Justice committee  It's incredibly concerning. I would also point you to the fact that Jewish students are seeing.... I'm sorry. I had something, and it's gone.

Justice committee  Thank you very much. One question that was asked before was, why is all of this happening? I just want to talk about a few other pieces. Firstly, Jew hatred is obvious. Anti-Semitism exists in society. We swim in it. It's just systemic; it's always been there. It's 2,000 years old.

Justice committee  Honourable chair and members of the committee, I appreciate your commitment to addressing the significant and growing challenge of hatred in our society, particularly the escalating rise in Jew hatred we're experiencing on campuses. I'm here to speak up on behalf of thousands of Jewish students across this country.

Justice committee  At the Residence Society general assembly, when candidates were asked by a first-year Jewish student what they were going to do to fight anti-Semitism in residences, given that, at this point, four mezuzahs had been removed, no one gave a good answer. The most disturbing thing was that an audible ripple of laughter went through the room the moment the question was asked.