Recently, pro-Houthi protesters took to Toronto streets in solidarity with Hamas.
?Shameful glorification of violence & terror on the streets of #Toronto.
Houthis militants have been violently targeting commercial ships in the Red Sea & have launched drones & missiles targeting Israeli civilians.
Today, the same activists calling for an unconditional… pic.twitter.com/D7ttp2rmE6
— CIJA (@CIJAinfo) January 15, 2024
Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU) union flags were “prominently on display” at the protest. OPSEU represents about 180,000 public sector employees in Ontario. Perhaps the reason why there has been no response from OPSEU to calls to “distance the union” from this anti-Israel demonstration is the union’s collective position on Israel, which OPSEU unveiled at its 2023 convention. An OPSEU resolution stated:
Therefore be it resolved that OPSEU/SEFPO actively support the international campaign of boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) to demand that Israel end the siege of Gaza, dismantle the apartheid wall and Israeli settlements in the West Bank, and fully comply with international law, including U.N.
(SEFPO is the acronym for Syndicat des employés de la fonction publique de l’Ontario, the French translation for OPSEU).
Another case of a union standing with Israel’s enemies: two days after the unprecedented October 7 Hamas attack upon Israel, CUPE Local 3906 — which represents 3,500 workers at McMaster University — posted a now-deleted tweet in support of the Palestinian jihad:
CUPE is Canada’s largest union. Ghassan Kanafi, who is quoted in the tweet, was a leading member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP).
“Jewish members speak out after OPSEU flag used in anti-Israel protests,” by Bryan Passifiume, National Post, January 22, 2024:
Some members of Ontario’s public workers’ union are calling on leaders to distance the union from recent anti-Israel demonstrations where the union’s flags were prominently on display, but they say their concerns are so far being ignored.
Last week, several Jewish and non-Jewish members of the Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU) wrote to president JP Hornick. The members urged Hornick to explain OPSEU’s participation at a Toronto anti-Israel protest on Jan. 14. Video of the event showed marchers chanting in support of the Iranian-backed Houthis, a terrorist group whose motto is “curse the Jews.” The also asked Hornick to clarify the union’s support for Jewish members.
A video posted to X, formerly Twitter, by the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs (CIJA) depicted two marchers waving OPSEU flags during last Sunday’s demonstration.
“For any union flag to be flown at such a rally, celebrating actions that directly threaten the physical well-being of workers, is directly in contrast to our most central ideals and objectives as unionists,” the letter reads.
After sending the letter on Jan. 15, the members say they have received no response. OPSEU officials did not respond to questions from National Post….
sc says
These lefty twat canuck’s are really starting to get out of hand. Maybe its time the Real Canadians dealt with them properly.
jaime says
A vast majority in Ontario are left leaning.
Mike says
From what I’ve heard, Canada’s largest city, Toronto, has a Muslim population of at least ten percent, and the country as a whole has at least five percent?
That doesn’t mean that all of those people are Islamists, but there is no doubt that a certain percentage of them are….are there any estimates on that?
Major Tom says
Communism came to Canada in the early 1920’s in the Maritimes…..infiltrating the unions and the press….
Scotsman48 says
Once again we witness the current Useful Idiot Generation on Parade through the streets of the once upon a time great City of Toronto.
Craig Austin says
Canadians have elected Trudeaus 7 times, we are getting what we voted for good and hard.