Who should next PM be?

Re: Canadian embassy staff in Haiti relocated — Catherine Morrison, March 15

Haiti now has no formal government and is being terrorized by gangs. People are being told to “stay in place.”

Of course, Canada is not Haiti. We have governments in place and most citizens can go about their daily business without fear. However, if you happen to be a Jewish citizen, this is not the case.

Pro-palestinian protesters, whose behaviour is often similar to that of organized gangs, threaten, intimidate and terrorize Jewish synagogues, schools, cultural institutions, university campuses and retail outlets owned by Jews or by those whom they believe support Israel in its fight with Hamas. Calls of “death to Jews” and for the annihilation of Israel are common at these so-called free-speech rallies.

Throughout all this, our prime minister does nothing. He does nothing to allay the fears of his Jewish constituents. He does nothing to stop these protesters, who cause chaos, fear and havoc in our communities and who even stop the business of government. He does nothing to demonstrate he understands that Israel is fighting for its very existence. He does nothing to pressure for the release of the Israeli hostages held by the designated terrorist group, Hamas.

What he does do is call for an immediate and complete ceasefire in Gaza, showing no understanding at all of the complexity of the situation in the Middle East and that the credo of Hamas is “from the river to the sea,” with no Israel on any world map.

All Canadian citizens should be concerned. Will yours be the next group that will be targeted by hatemongers? Will it be you? Are you confident that your prime minister has “your back” and will support and protect you? If your answer to this last question is not a resounding yes then perhaps you, too, should be thinking about who our next leader should be.

Phyllis Levin, Toronto