"Eighty-nine percent of #Canadians agree #Jewish people belong in #Canada as much as anyone else. But 37 percent of that majority qualified their agreement with “somewhat”—a hedge that runs through the entire poll like a fault line.

The same softness also appears when Canadians are asked whether Jewish people should not be punished for the actions of the #Israeli government: 87 percent agreed, but within that, 38 percent said only “somewhat.”

Asked whether all Canadians should stand against #antisemitic statements and behaviour, 87 percent agreed. Again, 38 percent qualified that with “somewhat.”

The starkest number was around safety."

https://thehub.ca/2026/06/05/70-of-canadians-say-antisemitism-is-rising-and-only-25-strongly-agree-canada-is-safe-for-jews-exclusive-poll/

70% of Canadians say antisemitism is rising, and only 25% strongly agree Canada is safe for Jews: Exclusive poll

The Hub

@dukepaaron

When I moved to Canada I worked to find Canadian friends. Since 10/7 all the Canadian born ones have either told me directly that they won't be friends with me because "Israel" or have ghosted me.

Similarly, online, people who live in the same city as me won't even risk Liking my posts about my experiences.

Non-Jewish Canadians have made it clear to me, they don't care if I die or not.

@dukepaaron I’m inclined to think that the large portion of “somewhats” are just people who don’t want to acknowledge to themselves that they’re bigoted.

@littlemiao

This is typical Canadianism. My staff interviewed a Canadian fellow for a job (I've offered him the position- this isn't against him specifically) and he answered a preference question in a way that I knew "Strongly dislike" but neither staffer though that. They took his smile and "I think this would be fun!" at its face.

"Somewhat agree" for a Canadian is one short hop from:

https://makeagif.com/gif/goodbye-jews-scene-schindlers-list-remastered-jews-expelled-from-krakow-1941-8TXHMe

(Goodbye Jews little girl from Shindler's List)

@dukepaaron

"Goodbye Jews!" SCENE SCHINDLER'S LIST REMASTERED JEWS EXPELLED FROM KRAKOW 1941 on Make a GIF

"Goodbye Jews!" SCENE SCHINDLER'S LIST REMASTERED JEWS EXPELLED FROM KRAKOW 1941 is an animated gif that was created for free on MakeAGif.

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