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Canadian Jewish Congress

Thursday, Mar 10/03/2011 // ,

Mr. Speaker, it is an honour for me to assist in commemorating the achievements of the Canadian Jewish Congress and to remind this House of the determining role the Jewish community in Canada has played in our society.

Canadian Jewish Congress

Thursday, Mar 10/03/2011 // ,

   Mr. Speaker, on Monday the Minister of the Environment will be in Montreal to unveil a plaque commemorating the founding of the Canadian Jewish Congress

Canadian Jewish Congress

Thursday, Mar 10/03/2011 // ,

Mr. Speaker, as a former president of the Canadian Jewish Congress, I am delighted to pay tribute to one of the oldest and most distinguished of human rights NGOs, founded in March 1919 as the “Parliament of Canadian Jewry”.

Canadian Jewish Congress

Thursday, Mar 10/03/2011 // ,

Mr. Speaker, in March 1919, over 200 delegates elected by some 25,000 Jews met in Montreal, at the Monument-National, headquarters for the St-Jean-Baptiste Society of Quebec, to participate in the first assembly of the Jewish community in Canada.

Holocaust Memorial Centre

Wednesday, Mar 09/03/2011 // ,

Mr. Speaker, I rise to recognize and pay tribute to the Government of Macedonia and the Jewish community and Holocaust fund of the Republic of Macedonia for their joint initiative, under the patronage of President Dr. Gjorge Ivanov, in inaugurating today a Holocaust Memorial Centre.

Conservative Party of Canada

Tuesday, Mar 01/03/2011 // ,

    Mr. Speaker, I thought I had heard it all from the Conservative Party of Canada when last November 11, the party’s fundraising arm called veterans in this country to ask for money.

Pope John Paul II Day Act

Monday, Feb 14/02/2011 //

Another major accomplishment of the pope, with which nobody will disagree, was provide a bridge to bring in other religions. In 2003, the Anti-Defamation League issued a statement congratulating Pope John Paul II on entering his 25th year of the papacy and complimenting him on his role in bridging the divide between the Jewish faith and the Catholic Church. It said, “More change for the better took place in his 27-year papacy than in the nearly 2,000 years before”.

Pope John Paul II Day Act

Monday, Feb 14/02/2011 //

During his time as a priest, his compassion was evident when he helped a young Jewish refugee who had run away from a Nazi labour camp. She had collapsed on a railway platform and the young priest carried her onto the train and accompanied her to safety in Krakow. Many Polish Jews have said he was instrumental in protecting them and their families.

Pope John Paul II Day Act

Monday, Feb 14/02/2011 // ,

He was also a man who reached out to people of different faiths. He was the first pope in the history of the Catholic Church to actually visit a synagogue, in Rome. He certainly held the role of Bishop of Rome very dear to his heart and reached out to the people of Rome, like no Pope before him. Being that particular transforming figure, going out to the people of Rome and the people of all faiths, is what makes him one of the most incredible men of the 20th century.

Mosque and Synagogue Twinning Initiative

Friday, Nov 26/11/2010 // ,

    Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to rise today in the House to congratulate the Jewish and Muslim communities in Don Valley West for their exemplary twinning initiative between mosque and synagogue.

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