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Nix IHRA antisemitism definition mandate for heritage grants, civil society groups tell feds

Signatories to the open letter include Amnesty International Canada, the Canadian Association of University Teachers, B.C. Civil Liberties Association, CUPW and the United Church of Canada.

Feb 08, 2023
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A 2015 pro-Palestine protest outside the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto. (Flickr)

A coalition of more than 30 civil society groups has penned a letter asking the federal government not to force heritage grant recipients to endorse the International Holocaust Remembrance Association (IHRA) antisemitism definition, which equates certain criticisms of Isra…

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