Irwin Cotler, Canada’s Special Envoy on Preserving Holocaust Remembrance and Combatting Antisemitism, has long been an aggressive proponent of Israeli apartheid. But an upcoming speech at Ariel University is igniting controversy and calls for him to withdraw.

A new initiative claiming to combat antisemitism in Canada’s federal service is primarily about defending apartheid. 

A recent hire by Canada’s Special Envoy to combat antisemitism has a history of fabricating claims of antisemitism to smear Palestine solidarity activists. This seems to confirm that the office’s true agenda is to simply shield Israel from criticism.

Justin Trudeau’s appointment of Irwin Cotler is a blatant rebuke of any sense of a fair-handed approach by the Canadian government to the Palestinian cause.