Ezra Levant condemns Toronto Police for ignoring anti-Semitism after masked gunmen fired five shots at Haya Mushka Jewish Girls School on May 27th, while 24 of 25 Liberal MPs—including Ya'ara Sachs, who skipped the rally despite living nearby—failed to show solidarity. Sachs attended an Azerbaijani event instead and boycotted Israel’s National Day, sparking outrage over perceived political prioritization. Sue Ann Levy joins via Skype, criticizing weak enforcement of hate crime laws, citing unchecked anti-Semitic protests like Al-Quds events and synagogue harassment. They debate immigration screening amid claims 80% of Gaza’s population supports Hamas, warning that silence and inaction normalize hatred while questioning whether blanket restrictions oversimplify the crisis. [Automatically generated summary]
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Tonight, hundreds of members of the Jewish and non-Jewish community rally in support of the school that was shot up over the weekend.
But where is the local MP, Yaara Sachs?
It's May 27th, and this is the Ezra Levant Show.
Shame on you, you SENSORIOUS FUG!
Oh hey there, I- I've just got back in the studio.
We put together a really big show today about what we saw in the streets of Toronto.
Interviews, streeters with men on the street type interviews.
And I want to add a special interview with my friend and colleague, Sue Ann Levy from True North.
She was there today too.
So don't go away.
At the end of our broadcast, we're going to sort of have an after-action report with Sue Ann.
You don't want to miss that.
All right, enjoy the rest of the show.
Hi there, I'm standing in North Toronto behind me, the base Haya Mushka Jewish Girls School.
On the weekend, a SUV pulled up behind these gates and out jumped two masked gunmen who fired five shots into the school.
You can see one of the plate glass windows boarded up with plywood.
Police had a press conference later that day, a bizarre press conference.
They talked about the incident without ever once using the word Jewish or anti-Semitic.
It was quite a feat.
Here, take a look at how that went, including when I asked the police inspector, has their lack of prosecution of hate crimes and vandalism and mischief and trespass and assault, has the police misconduct contributed to this?
Here's how that went.
Just after 9 a.m. this morning, the police were called to the base Haya Mushka Girls Elementary School here behind me.
Staff on scene had found what they believed was evidence of a firearm discharge at the school.
Police arrived at the school and we confirmed that a firearm discharge did occur.
Just before 5 a.m. this morning at approximately 4.50 a.m. Suspects arrived at the school in a vehicle, a dark colored vehicle.
They exited the vehicle and opened fire at the school, causing some damage to the front of the school.
The suspects then got back into the vehicle and left the area.
One of the questions that I'm sure people are asking is, this is a hate crime.
Is this a terrorist act?
What I want to say is it's too early in the investigation to say whether it is or not.
We're not going to ignore the obvious, you know, of what occurred here and what the target of the shooting was.
But at the same time, it would be wrong to just guess at this point.
I have a question for you about the atmosphere in the city.
For about eight months now, we've seen terrorist flags flying out in the open with no charges.
We've seen astonishing hateful comments, uncharged, unprosecuted.
We see trespass and mischief at the University of Toronto.
Would you say that by refusing to prosecute or charge obvious acts of trespass mischief, possible hate speech, and many assaults, that the Toronto police has sort of indicated that it's okay to go a little bit further than before October 7th, that there's a new atmosphere around and it's okay if you want to conduct a little bit of anti-Semitic mischief.
So I'm here just to talk about the incident that occurred today.
And like I said before, I don't want to jump to any conclusions.
The investigators aren't going to jump to any conclusions.
At the same time, we're not going to ignore the obvious.
And so the hate crime unit is fully supporting this investigation, but I'm just here to talk about the incident today.
I'm talking about the vehicle that they use.
I can't remember what you did say.
I just said it was a dark-colored vehicle.
But why won't you answer my question about the new atmosphere that anti-Semitism- Is there any other question?
You don't want to talk about this?
I'm just here to talk about the incident.
Thank you very much.
Are you saying I have to?
Thank you.
Why won't you answer the question about anti-Semitism, sir?
Why won't you talk about anti-Semitism?
Why won't you answer the questions about anti-Semitism?
It's a shooting at a Jewish school.
Why won't you answer questions about that?
Cowardly Toronto police, just like your chief.
I can see the officer's face.
You can't do that.
It's a press conference.
I can understand that, but you can't get into his face and get up into his face like that if you want to ask a question, right?
I was seeking.
I would advise you that he was not going to answer that question.
And I'm advising him that that's not up to him what I ask.
You can ask, but he doesn't have to answer.
I didn't say he had to, legally.
Well, today the public had something to say about that.
Well over 100, I didn't count.
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There might have been 200 or even 250 people showed up on this rainy morning to show their solidarity.
Police blocked off the street.
Some of the Jewish girls came out just to show that they weren't deterred.
There were a number of speeches.
I'll give you a sampling of some of them.
One of the first speeches was by Mayor Olivia Chow, who has boycotted various Jewish events, claiming the Star of David itself is too divisive.
She was heckled a bit, but I give her credit.
She showed up.
Here's how that went.
I'd like to call on Mayor Olivia Chow to join us and share powerful words about these moments in our community.
What for?
Why?
Why?
For what?
For her bullshit?
For what?
She can't open her mouth for any questions in science.
For any of us, she can't open her- Hey!
Hey, hey, be quiet.
Shut them up.
Be quiet.
Be quiet.
You shut up.
She said yes.
Be quiet.
Thank you, everyone.
It is so important that we stand together as one community.
That is smart.
Together with our elected officials.
I have as much experience on the stuff as you can.
Don't you tell me.
This morning, the chief and I visited the administrator and the principal, Rabbi Vidal, and Angelo, who had been keeping the school safe.
They tell me this is a place for a lot of joyous learning with young children and a place to deepen their understanding of the Jewish culture and faith.
A place to learn math, science, history.
And I immediately thought about my grandkids.
I have grandkids about the same age that goes to elementary school.
This is places where girls can learn about themselves, get back to the community, and have fun growing up.
Umbrella.
These kids have a right to learn.
Their teachers have a right to teach and say things.
The umbrella over the top of the microphone.
Sign from God!
You think it helps our cause?
Thank you.
And you and your families have a right to be safe.
I came here to tell you you are not alone.
We came to say that it's important that we come together.
I know the Jewish community is resilient, is powerful.
And in Canada and in Toronto, there is no place for hate.
And my word to the hater, the shooter, it's a despicable anti-Semitic act.
It was a disgusting attempt to intimidate the community, to feel people with fear.
I think it's the speaker that got wet.
Ah.
Okay, the microphone is here.
And we say to this coward, these cowards, we will find you.
will be held responsible.
I'm here to stand with you to say that anti-Semitism is like cancer.
We have to say no.
It erodes the bonds of empathy and compassion between people.
It signals a decay of a society into hate and insult.
And it absolutely has no place in Toronto.
The chief and I have spoken.
His team is working every minute of every day to keep you and your loved ones safe in our city.
Yes, they will be increasing their presence around schools, synagogues, and other places where your families gather.
Our city manager and the head of transportation and others are doing safety walks in different locations to make sure their defenses, their security cameras, their shadowproof glasses are all in place so that we can together keep everyone safe.
Because Jewish people, every one of us, deserve to feel safe and welcome in our city.
Every child, every Jewish child at school deserves to be safe.
And to echo the words of the rabbi, goodness, love, peace, empathy, compassion will always triumph because that is who we are.
This is what Torontonians are about.
And that is my message.
And thank you for being here.
And it warms my heart.
Thank you.
One other thing.
It might be raining now.
We know there's always blue sky behind.
So there's always hope.
So let's keep that alive.
Thank you.
There were other politicians speaking, including Michael Kersner, the Solicitor General, who happens to be the local provincial MPP.
Here's a taste of his speech.
Solicitor General Michael Kersner to the stage.
I'm a third generation Jew from Ontario, from Toronto, whose maternal grandfather was born at the turn of the last century at the footsteps of the Ontario legislature.
And my message to everyone today is very clear.
We are not going anywhere.
The Jewish community in Ontario traces its roots back to the beginning of the founding of Canada.
On the roots of democracy, on the roots of living safely in our own homes and communities, values that we cherish today, and values that my colleagues and I in the Ontario legislature will not stop working in support of the Jewish community.
The hate, hate and anti-Semitism have no place in our Ontario.
And my colleagues surrounding me are proof, are proof that as long as the Jewish community is here, we are never alone.
It's true we are in a darker time.
It is true we are subject to unfortunate intimidation and acts of hate and anti-Semitism, which are completely unacceptable.
And that's why we as a community must stand stronger now than ever, proud of our heritage, proud of our culture, proud to wear our kippot and our magengavi, proud to light our Shabbat Sabbath candles in our windows every Friday night.
This is something that is inherently our right.
And I know our Premier, Premier Doug Ford, will stand with the Jewish community morning, noon, and night.
And I want to say this.
I want to say this to all the students who go to the Beit Chaiyamushka, that go to other schools in Toronto.
You have every right to learn safely.
You have every right to come home at the end of the day and feel safe.
You have every right to go to our universities and feel safe.
And we, and we as a civil society, will accept nothing less.
I will never see our community, our Jewish community, surrender to hate.
And I want to thank my colleagues who are here with me in solidarity, in standing up against hate, in standing up for the Jewish community.
I'm Yisrael Kai.
I actually buttonholed him before his speech and put some questions to him.
To his credit, he didn't run away like that Toronto police inspector.
But what do you think of his answers here?
Take a look.
How come there were no charges under Section 176.2 of the Criminal Code besetting a house of worship when all those protesters were outside the Bayat Synagogue in Thornhill?
Well, that's a question that you're going to have to ask the York Regional Police or the Attorney General.
I'm here because I'm not going to see my community intimidated.
I speak out all the time in support of our Jewish community.
I'm not afraid to wear my kippah.
I'm not afraid to go to synagogue every Sabbath, every Shabbat.
And I'm going to do everything that I can to stand up for our inherent right to live safely in our own homes and communities.
And I'm not going to stop.
Everything short of prosecuting them, though, right?
I mean, the U of T remains encamped with an illegal encampment.
You're very good on Twitter, but have you actually done any prosecutions?
Well, again, this is something that you have to speak to the Attorney General.
He's your colleague.
You're in the government.
Why shouldn't you inside?
No, what I can tell you is I'm working every day to that our legislation, that our regulations are adhered to.
I'm standing up with my community.
I've been 34 weeks almost every single week to the rally at Batherston Shepherd in support of remembering the hostages who have been held against their will in captivity in Gaza.
And it's not acceptable.
And that's exactly what we're doing.
It obviously is acceptable since you're not prosecuting it.
You have condoned it.
You've created a new normal where people can engage in low-level, permanent anti-Semitic crimes, assault, threats, mischief, because you guys don't prosecute.
But there you are on Twitter, though, so congrats for that.
It's important that the Jewish community sees a person from their own community in the Ontario legislature standing up against hate every single day, who has the support of a premier who has called it out.
Where are the other levels of government today who exercise the same voice that Premier Ford does, that we will not accept anti-Semitism and have accepted it?
Where's the prosecution?
Again, this is something you could ask Minister Varani.
You can ask the Prime Minister.
The province.
The province prosecutes.
The province prosecutes.
Better save your boss.
Yeah, I'm not sympathetic when members of the government, including members of the cabinet, say, oh, somebody ought to do something.
Yeah, you're in cabinet, buddy.
You're a solicitor general.
The province of Ontario is in charge of prosecutions.
It's as much on the Doug Ford Conservative government what's happening as it is on Trudeau.
In fact, in some ways, it's more so.
There were a number of other speeches.
I'll just give you a very quick sample of them.
Take a listen.
Minister, Speaker, and Lecher.
I want to speak to the non-Jewish community who's with us today in an appeal to us as Canadians first to stand up and speak up against the vile rise of anti-Semitism being normalized on the streets of this country.
To stand up to those who seek to instill fear in the hearts of young girls and children, to stand up against the vile rise of anti-Semitism that we see too often afflicting the Jewish people.
We are here with a message asking Canadians to stand up shoulder to shoulder with the Jewish community in defense of democracy, civility, human rights, and the rule of law.
That's what we're appealing to today.
You know, 90 years ago, talking about the concept of allyship, 90 years ago, Christy Pitts took place, the largest race-based riot in Canada history, where Italians and Jews stood together against a Nazi mob then.
We stand together today in the defense of our democratic character as a country.
And that is not up for us.
We are not going to be intimidated by these acts.
You know, we stand together, we stand strong because there is no bullet that can shatter our resolve as a country to stand up against this pernicious hate.
And it's why we led the nation.
We led the nation in developing and codifying mandatory Holocaust education because that is one strong weapon against this evil and division that plagues our society today.
Thank you so much for coming this morning.
A special thanks to Toronto Police Services for doing everything they can with finite resources to keep our community safe.
Whenever we make a request to Toronto Police Services for extra security, they deliver.
And thank you, Chief Jimky, for the wonderful job you're doing and your wonderful officers.
We join the chorus of condemnation of this cowardly, hateful act.
I have seen the security video and I ask myself, who are these people?
So consumed by hate that they would come to a girls' Jewish school and open fire.
It is totally shameful.
This anti-Semitism is affront to all the values we hold dear in our city.
to target a school where children learn mitzvahs and Torah values.
Stand Against Hate00:16:18
Let me make this clear, and I'm sure many of you agree, we will not be intimidated.
We live in the city, we help build the city, and we plan to stay.
People come to Toronto from all over the world to escape conflict zones, to escape hate.
We don't want your vile hate here.
We are a city of peace and respect.
The Jewish community wants what everyone peace-loving, freedom-loving Canadian wants.
To go about our daily lives in peace and security without the threat of intimidation and hate.
To pray in our faith, to attend schools in our faith, and have institutions that we cherish and enjoy.
We are not going to be intimidated to stop our long-standing tradition of raising Israel's flag at City Hall on Yom Hatz Ba'ad.
We are not going to be intimidated as thousands gathered yesterday at Earl Bales Park for Lon Bomer.
And we're not going to be intimidated when we light the menorah on Hanukkah in our public squares.
And coming up, we will not be intimidated at the Walk for Israel.
We are not going to be intimidated from attending our schools and our synagogues and living our lives as Jews.
Last week, we had a rough city council meeting.
We had asked the province to pass legislation that would add statutory policing protections for places of worship, faith-based schools, and faith-based institutions.
Well, we didn't quite get there.
But let me make it clear.
We are not finished asking for bubble zones in front of our vulnerable religious institutions.
Those who thought this debate was over, we'll be back.
To the parents, the leadership of the school, and I want to thank all the elected officials who have come here today, MPPs, Mayor Chow, Minister Kirzner, Minister Lecce, Minister Ford.
It is so great to see the solidarity and the support.
To the parents, the leadership of the school, we pray and wish for you a safe return to class and that, God willing, the evils and hate that lurk out there be stopped and kept far away.
This is the moral imperative of our city, of our country, of our times, and of all freedom and faith-loving people in our community and beyond.
Ami Israel High.
It's good to be with my colleagues this morning.
But what a dreadful act that this school was faced with on the weekend.
You know, here in the province of Ontario, I, being the Minister of Citizenship and Multiculturalism, get to travel our great province and talk about the multicultural mosaic, a place where people from all walks of life, from all over the world, can call home and peace and harmony and feel safe.
And of course, in recent events and the event that took place here on this weekend's night does not meet the test of that.
And that is with all of us coming together united, standing for Canadian values, standing against hate, against anti-Semitism, and calling it out.
You know, it's an honor to serve the people of Thornhill, but I have to say that since October 7th, we've been challenged in a way that has never happened to us.
And as a politician, I find the actions that have happened in our city, in our province, very disturbing.
And as a mother, I find it disgusting.
As an individual, I'm the proud mother of two Jewish children, and every day I question what their experience is going to be like, especially in post-secondary.
And that's a whole other issue that we could talk about.
But watching, but watching the lawlessness nature and the normalization, as the ministers have advised, watching the normalization of words now becoming violent is very destructive.
My promise to you is whole, and I could talk about this for about an hour, but I will work every day in the legislature.
I will work every day on Center Street and for the people of Thornhill and the province of Ontario to work against hate.
My promise is solemn, and I will be with you.
I'm there for you every step of the way.
Thank you very much.
Ladies and gentlemen, the MPP from Nepean, Lisa McLeod.
Thank you, Minister.
My name is Lisa MacLeod.
I don't know if a lot of you know me, but I know Larry does.
I know Gary does.
And I know Sue Ann does.
And I hope Ezra doesn't.
Listen, guys, I'm here today.
My name is Lisa McLeod, if you don't know me.
I'm from Nepean, which is in the city of Ottawa.
I grew up in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, where we have a family wreath, not a family tree.
And I came here over 25 years ago to work in politics on the Hill.
And then I got elected when I replaced John Baird.
Why am I telling you that?
Because you don't know me.
The other thing that you don't know is for the past 25 years, as I have served in the nation's capital, I've become a Zionist.
I've become a Zionist.
I am a Zionist.
I've raised my daughter as a Zionist.
I am not only an ally to you, I feel the hatred that is going on in the Jewish community in Ottawa.
And what I see right here in Toronto, probably, and don't tell my constituents this, one of the most consequential cities in the world, Toronto.
And this is happening here.
This is the message that he's sending from us to the rest of the world that we tolerate anti-Semitism and that we tolerate hate.
But today, in the pouring rain, we're all standing here together for two big reasons outside of anti-Semitism.
The first is we believe in democracy.
And the only democracy in the Middle East is Israel.
The second thing that we all believe is we should stand up to terrorism.
And the last time I checked, Israel is at war with a terrorist organization, Nan Camas.
And that is why together we stand.
Now, my good friend Stephen Lecce made a point.
He's speaking directly to allies.
And every Canadian should be an ally because we believe in two fundamental things.
Democracy, where the rules are set in order to protect the minority against the tyranny of the majority.
And the Jewish community here is the minority.
And so we must stand up for all of you.
And we also stand against terrorism, which is why we sent men and women to Afghanistan to ensure the protection of our democracy.
And that's why we're here today.
We're here to protect you.
We're here to tell you we have a clear message.
And I have a little liberty.
I've been elected six times.
And I have been there almost 20 years.
So I am going to say this.
And I'm sad they're not here.
Where is our federal government today?
They need to do more.
They need to stand up for you.
Where's your family?
We can do more.
Where's your arrow?
And the city of Toronto and the city of Ottawa.
Stand with people like James Pasternak and David Hill and the city of Ottawa.
Stand with them to understand that every citizen under the law deserves protection.
Every person here does.
But I'm going to tell you something.
Think about those children.
They don't deserve to understand a society of hate because they live in Canada.
And last time I checked, we're still the true North, strong and free.
In closing, as we're about to go to class, we are here for you.
We are here for you.
For the students.
And everything we do, everything we teach, we have one thing in mind.
How will we benefit the students?
How we will continue to impart Jewish values and make sure that you are able to be proud Jews everywhere you go safely.
Thank you everyone for being here today.
We appreciate your presence.
We appreciate your support.
Thank you for all the elected officials.
But there was a gaping hole in the speeches.
The local MP, Ya'ara Sachs, who literally lives five minutes that way, refused to attend.
There were all these politicians who were provincial cabinet ministers, MPPs from as far away as Ottawa.
Kevin Vuong, the independent MP, he gave some words.
Take a listen.
A few days ago was a Jewish school.
But if we don't stop this here, it will be our school next.
And so you don't have to be a member of the Jewish community to realize that shooting at an elementary school is wrong.
You don't have to be Jewish to realize that the attacks and the harassments that we're seeing, targeting synagogues, can be any house of worship.
Targeting a Jewish school can be any school.
And people need to step up and stand up and speak up.
Where's Yaara?
For me, this is very personal because it was only a few days ago that my wife and I found out we're having a little girl.
And when I look at these girls here, thank you.
When I look at these girls here, I realize that it could be our girl at a school that is shot at.
And that is why we have to draw a line in the sand.
We have to ensure that our laws are not only being upheld, but they are applied to everyone.
Everyone must be equal before the law or it's not worth the paper that it's written on.
And it's important that we continue to fight for the rule of law to be enforced, to see our police, uphold our law, and keep each and everyone safe, especially these girls.
They should not have to stand here in the rain to remind the federal government, to remind the missing inaction Toronto MPs that they matter.
They should not have to stand in the rain to remind people that their school should not be shot at.
They should not have to stand in the rain to simply be here to remind people that they should just be focused on their schools.
They should only be focused on their studies.
And that should be the only thing that they should be worried about.
But no, Ya'ara Sachs.
I asked some of the crowd before the rally got started some questions.
Here's a sample of that.
And one of the things I asked some of them was, where's Ya'ara?
Can I ask you what brought you here today?
To support our Jewish community.
We really have to.
After this, absolutely.
Fight overt anti-Semitism and hate crimes because a shooting on a distinctively Jewish school is hatred, anti-Semitism, and hate crimes.
To support the notion that we need leadership in up of government to stand for the concept that any gesture or act that incites hate or violence against Jews, Israelis, should absolutely be against the law and have consequences when it occurs, which right now we do not have.
Mercedes, why are you here today?
Because I want to support the children and I'm upset what is going on.
Why don't you think the politicians care?
I mean, they don't seem to care to me.
Do you think they care?
They're wishy-washy, no, they don't care.
Why?
Why you'd think that they would...
They're believing the lies and the truth is reversed.
They're treating us as genocidal.
Can you imagine that?
We're the victims.
So here we are.
So you guys are students, but you're not students here.
Yeah.
Why do you come here today?
I have friends who go to Beischai Moshka and I think we stand up and support what's right here.
And how about yourself?
I also have friends here.
Are you scared?
Not really.
No, because I think the police have our back and know what to do and stuff.
Well, I sure hope you're right.
I don't want to debate you on that because I don't want to win that debate with you.
I want you to continue to believe that the police have our back.
Yeah.
All right, nice to talk with you ladies.
And why are you here?
Because enough's enough.
Because I'm wearing the shirt today that says nothing in life just happens.
And if we just sit silently and let things happen, this will continue to happen.
Well, I think the political class doesn't want to deal with this.
To me, the reason's obvious.
There are 400,000 Jews in Canada, and there's about 2 million Muslims, some of whom are anti-Semitic, and I think politicians can do the math.
I hear what you say, and I don't think it's an issue between Muslims and Jews.
I think it would be easy for us to get along.
Not all Muslims, of course.
Right, but I think it's an anti-Semitism issue, not a Muslim-Jew issue.
You guys here today?
In support, you know, I mean, I don't care what you believe politically.
I don't care who you support in anything.
Nobody should be in fear for their lives just to go to school.
Nobody.
My daughter can't go to public school anymore in Burlington, Ontario at the Halton District School Board and be safe.
Okay, and the kids who are coming after her are not are not Canadian born and raised.
I know that sounds terrible, but there are Jewish kids being swarmed in schools because they're Jewish.
My daughter was at a cultural event.
We had a cultural event where it literally erased Jewish history and Jewish culture.
Israel, a flag or a map of the Middle East, Israel was relabeled as Palestine.
Jerusalem was called the capital of Palestine.
So what we're doing in effect now is because it's become completely unacceptable to criticize Islam if you criticize Islam.
I mean, by other Jews, I've been called Islamophobic.
And that has nothing to do with this.
That has to do with my daughter not being able to express herself and be safe at school because she's a Jew.
Where's Yara Sachs today?
Did you invite her?
I'm sorry, I'm not, I was just MC.
You didn't invite her?
She's my MP.
Was Yara Sachs invited here today?
I'm sure she knew about it.
The mayor knew about it.
And there was also the boy who's been facing brutal attacks at the school mentally, emotionally, physically.
At Faybrook or something?
Yeah, the Art Space Curriculum School on Faywood there.
And, you know, there were hundreds of community members there.
Michael Kersner was there.
James Pasternak was there.
MP Vong was there.
You know, but our MP, and it was said, it was like she's just missing, like missing in action.
And this woman claims to be on our side, on board for us, a woman who was born in Israel or lived in Israel.
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And it's just like, it's what is it, a conspiracy?
You know?
If those cowards think that they intimidate us, they're mistaken.
If they think they will accomplish what they wanted, it's going to be the opposite.
Whenever somebody tries to hurt the Jews, the result is the opposite.
And it will always be like that.
It has always been like that.
I was here over the weekend when the police had a press conference.
They wouldn't use the words Jewish or anti-Semitic.
I thought it was very telling and very unsettling.
What do you make of that?
Wokeness, towing the line, afraid to upset the narrative.
I have one more question for you.
The local member of parliament, Yara Sachs, lives very close by.
I haven't seen her here yet.
Maybe she's going to appear.
I've seen her at one rally.
We only have a week every week, every Sunday.
She's never been there.
We only see her when she takes pictures with terrorists in Ramallah.
Do you think she'll show up today?
Like, it's literally five minutes from her house.
She's a coward.
She has no guts.
She does.
We'll boo her, including Olivia Chow.
You told me a minute ago that Yarara Sachs was down at the beach yesterday.
Why do you think she's not here today?
You have to ask her.
I'd like to, but she's not here.
When she showed up yesterday, I don't think anybody recognized her.
Well, maybe it's just as well that she didn't come today because I think there would be a lot of booing.
There was some booing and heckling of the mayor.
I think it would have been off the charts if Yara Sachs was here.
The people who want to support the Jewish community come out and support the Jewish community.
And we see a lot of the same faces time and time again.
And we see the absence of other faces time and time again.
I think that speaks volumes.
She's literally five minutes from here.
She lives in Bathers Manor.
I don't know why she did it.
Like she could walk here.
I think absence sometimes speaks louder than words.
And I think the presence here of those who want to be here is also speaking very, very loudly.
Thanks for coming out today.
Thank you.
Yeah, Yara Sachs has now spent more time with the terrorist leader Mahmoud Abbas than she has with the victims of a shooting in her own neighborhood.
Think about that.
By the way, I did talk to Kevin Vwong afterwards for a minute.
I asked him if he would consider joining the Conservative Party.
He said that discussion is underway.
Take a listen.
This is not a partisan event, but it's clear that the local MP was not here.
Why?
That's a good question.
Toronto has 25 MPs.
Of the 25, excluding me, 24 Liberal MPs have been missing in action when it comes to the Jewish community in our city being attacked, harassed, and so on.
The fact that they continue to turn a blind eye on it is disgraceful and shameful.
Are you considering joining the Conservative Party of Canada?
I haven't been secret about the fact that I think there's only so much an independent member of parliament can do.
I think we've hit our ceiling.
We've done a lot of really great work.
But if we really want to address the core issues that our country is facing, the reality is I need to do that with a team, with the party, and ideally from within government.
Are you able to tell us if you've had any conversations or if you have any plans to seek the nomination for the Conservative Party in your district?
Obviously, some of those conversations would be confidential, but are you able to share any of them with us?
So it was reported on recently that I have actually sent a formal letter asking to be a part of the Conservative team.
I think I can bring value and help to contribute, and I hope that I will have the chance to be able to do that in a riding in the GTA.
Have you had any response yet, or you're keeping that under wraps for now?
Well, I think all of this stuff is obviously ongoing, and so I'm hopeful that there will be a chance ultimately for me to be able to contribute.
I also had a quick hello with Lisa McLeod, the Conservative MPP from Ottawa.
She came in all the way from Ottawa.
She was in town for the legislature.
She made a longer journey, and Yaara Sachs couldn't walk five blocks.
Take a look.
Just really quickly for our viewers, what brought you here today?
I support Israel, and I am so sick to my stomach of what's happening to this Jewish community in Ottawa and Toronto and across Canada that, you know, the legislature's sitting today, so I wanted to be here.
You know, as the crowd was gathering, we got here a little bit early, so I chatted with people.
We called them streeters, sort of man-on-the-street interviews.
And there were some heartfelt things that people said, but when I pressed them, I said, do you think we ought to turn off immigration from those countries where anti-Semitism is endemic?
I mean, for example, Justin Trudeau's talking about bringing people here from Gaza.
They're not just anti-Semitic there.
80% of people in Gaza tell Palestinian pollsters they actually support Hamas.
They're not just anti-Semitic in their hearts.
They want to see the killing.
80%.
And still, outside a shooting of a Jewish school, you can take the Jews out of the liberals, but you can't take the liberalism out of the Jews.
Listen to this guy.
Actually, there were several of them who said, no, no, no, we shouldn't do anything rash like stopping immigration.
There's like a suicide gene in my people sometimes.
Take a listen to these folks.
Do you think we should pause immigration to Canada?
Or do you think it's a net positive?
No, I think it's a net positive.
You think immigration is a net positive?
I think economically, if you see any country that pauses immigration ends up suffering economically, it's not a pause of immigration.
So how much GDP, so we had a shooting here over the weekend.
How much GDP is enough to offset that ethnic strife?
I don't know.
I don't know either.
I think you're on the path to realizing what's going on, but I don't think you're there yet because I think you're holding on to Jewish liberal ideals of open borders, immigration, and this utopian, I think you're utopian.
No, I didn't talk about open borders.
Two million people came to Canada last year, including 900,000 students, 600,000 temporary work.
And you're telling me that's good for the country while we're standing outside a Jewish school that was shot up.
I think you're still not letting go of old ideas that aren't working.
Well, my idea is that there should be better screening of the people who come into Canada, not that we should stop people coming in.
My personal opinion is that politicians are underreacting.
I was here on the weekend, the police had a press conference, they didn't even use the word anti-Semitism or Jewish.
Why do you think there's been a downplaying of anti-Semitic incidents, including violence?
Well, I'm afraid that it's becoming normalized.
I mean, that's my biggest fear.
I think politicians, obviously, it's such a hot potato.
So, I mean, as soon as they say anti-Semitic, they're going to get a huge backlash on the other side.
So I think they're trying to skirt that line between.
But I agree with you.
You have to call it out for what it is.
Right, but, I mean, who are the anti-Semites in Canada?
There's some woke students and, you know, some institutions, but I think 90 plus percent of Canadians are fine with Jews.
That's a very generous statement.
I don't think so.
So who are the problem?
Who do you think wore the masks and arrived here at 5 a.m. on the weekend to shoot up the school?
If you had to guess, who do you think they are?
Do you think they're the Amish or the Quakers or the Mormons?
Who do you think it was?
I think it's people who have always been anti-Semitic, and post-October 7th, they are now free to come above the surface and just do anything they want.
So you don't think it's because we're importing people from countries that are endemically anti-Semitic?
Like 80% of people in Gaza tell Gaza pollsters they support Hamas.
Do you think it's insane that we're bringing people over from Gaza?
I think the federal government does not have proper screening processes for anyone coming into Canada.
So I think there is a government responsibility, for sure.
Do you think that we need to pause immigration, especially from anti-Semitic countries?
I think that's oversimplifying the issue.
I really do.
And I think it's part of the binary thinking that is causing this in the first place.
Yes, there are people coming from countries without a democratic tradition, coming to Canada for safety, and then having been steeped in anti-democratic traditions, bring some of that.
I'm not talking anti-democratic.
I mean, people come from mainland China.
They have no democratic tradition, but they're not anti-Semites.
I'm talking about, for example, the government has said they're going to bring over people from Gaza.
At least 80% of people in Gaza say they support Hamas.
Do you think that's a wacko idea, or are you cool with that?
I'm cool with accepting refugees.
From Gaza?
We have a screening process.
We don't.
How do we screen people?
We don't ask them if they're anti-Semitic.
We don't ask them if they're anti-Semitic.
I think that we have to be careful.
I mean, I'm very, I'm not sure what the word is.
I'm concerned when I hear about those kinds of studies about the opinions of people in Gaza.
And I'm sure that there are a lot of people in Gaza that are radicalized against Jews, I'm sure.
Well, 80%, according to their own pollsters.
But I also think that that number, I'm hopeful that people in Gaza don't feel like they can say anything otherwise in Gaza if they're being interviewed in Gaza.
So you think maybe the pollsters are wrong, that Gazas are actually pretty cool with Jews?
I'm thinking that the number might be...
I think we have to be really...
50% maybe only?
I think what we have to do is I think we have to be really careful about how black and white we are, about a group of people.
And we just have to be careful.
There's no question that there are a lot of people in Gaza that are no friends to the Jews that should not be coming to Canada.
Absolutely.
Absolutely.
We should not have people coming to Canada that are known anti-Semites that are absolutely.
But to make a blanket statement like nobody from Gaza should ever come to Israel is going a step too far because that same kind of thinking was used to keep Jews out of Canada in World War II.
I don't think anyone thought the Jews were coming as terrorists to kill us.
I'm not sure if you're right about that.
I think they were told a pack of lies about Jews and thought that we were coming to cause all sorts of harm.
Meanwhile, I don't disagree with you that we have to be careful about who we let into this country.
I'm an immigrant, and I had to do all sorts of things to get into this country.
And I had to do even more to become a citizen.
So I think we have to be careful.
But I also think we have to be careful about using this crisis to promote other agendas.
I don't want to promote any agenda other than stopping bringing people over who scream death for the Jews from the river to the sea and a couple of folks in masks shooting up a Jewish school.
That's my agenda.
Okay, but what are you going to do about the Canadian born and raised kids that go to university and they're shouting from the river to the sea?
I don't think it's a problem of immigration.
I think it's a much bigger problem than that.
It's both.
But I think the first rule of holes is when you're in a hole, stop digging.
I think Canada's full.
And I think you have a separate agenda than what we're here to talk about.
I tell you, I don't.
I just want to stop bringing over Hamas thugs from the Middle East and other places.
That's all I want to do.
Amen.
I'm all for stopping bringing Hamas thugs to Canada.
But I don't think that that also equates to shut off all immigration from any Muslim country.
Well, I think we can start with Gaza, but you and I can agree to disagree.
Nice talking with you.
Thank you for being here.
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Thank you.
Thank you.
So I enjoyed talking to the people who were assembled.
Many of them knew Rebel News, have appreciated our reporting.
They asked how David Menzies is doing.
And I'm glad they were all here.
But I got to say it straight.
If the Jewish community, after having their girls' school shot up by masked gunmen, if even the hardest, hardcore supporters who come out in the rain to support these girls, if they can't bring themselves to say, maybe we should pause immigration until we find out what the hell is going on, if even they can't say it, I'm afraid that we'll have more shootings, God forbid, in the future.
For Rebel News in North Toronto, I'm Ezra Levant.
Well, I'm back in the studio now.
I'm still wearing my Rebel sweatshirt.
I normally don't do that when I do my show, but I thought I would keep with it since I was on the street this way.
I had a very interesting time out there.
The most useful part was scrumming Michael Kersner, the local member of the provincial parliament, who's the solicitor general.
If you don't know what the solicitor general does, they're basically the boss of police and prisons.
That's the main part of it.
And with the Attorney General, that's sort of the law and order part of our government.
And for him to say, well, it's that guy's fault or it's that guy's fault.
Not really, boss.
It's up to you.
I was disappointed in him, but I'll give him credit.
He actually showed up and he actually talked to me.
Whereas the MP, the member of the federal parliament, Yaara Sachs, was nowhere to be found.
Just incredible.
One more thing, Olivia Chow, the NDP mayor of Toronto, showed up.
She was heckled and booed, but I'll give her credit.
She showed up and she read some slightly mollifying words.
Even if you can't take them seriously, she was there to say them.
Joining us now to talk about the politics of the day is one of my favorite people who was there standing near me right next to me.
And we're delighted to have a catch-up with her via Skype.
You know who I'm talking about, Sue Ann Levy, who is with our friends at True North.
And she's a little bit of a troublemaker like I am.
Sue Ann, great to see you again.
Nice to see you and your aura.
I was standing near you.
Your aura pervaded my soul.
Oh, boy.
It was a little bit rainy, so maybe that's what you were actually sensing.
It was rainy there, but I didn't count the people.
It was well over 100.
It might have even been more.
They actually shut the road down.
There were so many people there.
Give me your thoughts on who was there.
There were provincial conservatives.
There were some city councilors.
There was one federal MP who was an independent.
Let me cork it.
And I'd love to hear your thoughts on the day because, like me, you're a journalist, but also like me, you're Jewish.
So you have a little bit of skin in the game when a Jewish girls' school gets shot up.
Go ahead.
Well, yeah, you're right.
Only one federal MP showed up, Independent Kevin Vuong, who has been absolutely so supportive of the Jewish community and so on point with his comments.
But, you know, as you will say and have said, your own MP, Yara Sachs, who doesn't live that far from the scene of the school, didn't show up at all.
I don't get this woman.
I don't get what's going on.
And, you know, not one liberal MP showed up to actually represent the federal government.
You know, no wonder anti-Semitism has just skyrocketed in Canada and in Toronto.
We've got politicians like our federal MPs and then, of course, our dear mayor, who did show up, yes, mumbled a few platitudes, but, you know, they were all grossly ironic, as you probably felt as well.
I mean, talking about being entitled to be safe in Toronto when she and her council created the conditions under which we now live in Toronto.
There was a motion brought forward at city council, and one of the city councilors was talking about that.
I think his name is James Pastenak, that would provide a kind of bubble zone around schools and places of worship.
My own point of view on that is that those are not necessary.
Section 176.2 of the criminal code already bans disturbing religious worship.
So that's already in the criminal code.
We don't need new laws.
If someone's harassing a place of worship, which could be a synagogue, could be a church, could even be a religious school, that's already there.
What we're lacking is not more words on paper, in my view.
We're lacking the political will to do something about it.
And that's what rang hollow to me.
You got Mayor Olivia Chow, you got all these provincial government politicians, including the Solicitor General.
Oh, we must do more.
This isn't who we are.
But other than just mouthing those platitudes, they're not actually using the instruments of the state.
And I'm not looking for censorship and I'm not looking for new laws.
Just can you do me a favor and arrest people who are trespassing, committing mischief, uttering death threats, supporting terrorist groups?
All of those things right now are already crimes and all of them are being winked at by the authorities.
I knew this was going to happen though, Ezra, because year after year before I left the Toronto Sun, I was covering Al-Quds and the hate that was spewed on the city streets of Toronto.
Al-Quds.
That's the annual Iran hate fest.
It's basically an anti-Semitic day that Iran hosts in Toronto every year.
It's hugely anti-Semitic.
And I, you know, would stand there and listen to these tropes being thrown out.
And the police never did anything.
The politicians would stumble over themselves to talk about not having hate on the streets of Toronto.
And nothing was ever done.
And of course, now it's escalated.
And, you know, it's lovely to hear all these fine words.
And we heard them from every level of government.
We, well, except for the feds, of course, because they didn't show.
But we heard them from the province and we heard them from city councilors.
And I have to hand it to James Pasternak.
He's been wonderful in trying to fight anti-Semitism for years and years and years because I was at City Hall, of course, for so many years.
But, you know, they don't give the police the tools to make arrests.
And of course, you've got the courts that, of course, turn around and let these people out on bail or not bail or no bail.
But there are no consequences for this kind of hate.
And I don't think the police really understand the idea of hate and what a hate crime is.
But clearly they've been displayed many, many times on this.
When you stalk a synagogue, when you stalk a Jewish place of business, when you harass Jews, when you tell Jews they can't come into a public space, an encampment at U of T, what do you call that?
What do you call that?
Fighting genocide?
No, you call that anti-Semitism in its purest form.
Yeah.
You know, I spoke briefly with Kevin Frong, that's that independent candidate, independent MP, excuse me, who's talking with the Conservatives about running for them.
And he reminded me that the Toronto area has 25 MPs.
Like it's the largest city in Canada.
And I think 24 out of those 25 are liberal.
I don't want to get my stats wrong.
You probably know that math better than me.
And they weren't there.
And I kept on thinking, where's Yaara Sachs?
She's just been on such a weird bender lately of not attending Jewish things.
This was right near her home.
I got back to the office.
I opened the Twitter machine.
And Yaara Sachs was posting photos of herself, selfies, at something called the Azerbaijani National Day.
So this Jewish school is four minutes from her house.
Instead of going there, she drove an hour all the way down to Toronto City Hall and attended the National Day for Azerbaijan and tweeted about it just a thumb in the eye to her own community.
She wouldn't, she refused to attend the Israel National Day two weeks ago.
She's going to the Azerbaijani National Day.
I got nothing against Azerbaijan, although it's a corrupt country that we have very little to do with.
I find it insane that she would essentially brag to the community, ha ha, you suckers are there up at the Jewish school.
I'm down here partering, partying with Azerbaijan.
What is she thinking?
Is this her way of saying I'm not running again?
Is this her way of saying I can do what I want and I'm untouchable?
Like, I think it's madness to not go to the hottest crime scene in the city in your neighborhood and then to brag about being at some Azerbaijan party.
By the way, Azerbaijan's population is 99% Muslim.
No beef with it.
I'm just saying, what a weird juxtaposition.
That's crazy.
Well, then you had Dolivia Chow yesterday walking with a bunch of pride people and raising the pride flag in Mel Assman Square a week early and walking on Saturday along the new walkway on Hanlon's Point.
And I'm thinking, you just had this shooting at a school and you're walking along a pride walkway.
It's all about votes.
It's all about catering to the special interest groups they think will keep them in office, will keep, you know, that they want to keep happy.
And it's not, as I tweeted yesterday, they have no moral compass, these people whatsoever.
No moral compass.
It's sad.
Glad to See You This Morning00:01:45
It's disheartening to see what we see in Canada now.
Yeah, I found it very frustrating, but I was glad to see you there this morning.
And I wonder if anything will come of this.
I don't know if these men will be, these gunmen will be captured.
I mean, the security footage is grainy.
It's dark out.
And I mean, what do I know about law enforcement, but it looks like a tough case to crack unless there's some other video footage.
I think they're going to get away with it.
Last word to you.
They haven't done so well so far.
I mean, look at these people wear their little gaffias, their headscarfs, and they cover their faces.
And how much has the police, how have the police been able to crack any of those people skewing hate?
They feel enabled.
They scream and shout downtown in Toronto.
They've been emboldened by the lack of response in this city and others.
I just can't imagine a starker contrast, the way the police have responded to them versus the peaceful trucker convoy of two years ago.
You just couldn't have a more opposite.
This is two-tiered policing, which, by the way, destroys confidence in the police.
Sue Ann, it's great to see you again.
I was delighted to see you this morning.
I should have known you'd be there.
I was really glad to see you.
And it was interesting.
Keep it up early.
Keep it giving up early.
Yeah.
And the crowd was not pleased.
I asked a lot of the folks in the crown, where's Yara Sachs?
And I got very stern answers.
In every case, people know she's not on their side.
Great to see you, my friend.
You're on our side.
We love you for it.
Take care.
For sure.
All right.
That's Sue Ann Levy, who works for True North, our friends over at tnc.news.