Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has called for the deportation of temporary residents carrying out violent or hate crimes in Canada.
His comments came during the Holocaust memorial ceremony in Ottawa, to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp.
Poilievre revealed that hate crimes inspired by antisemitism and “woke ideologies” had increased by over 100% in Canada before Oct. 7. Following Hamas’ brutal terrorist attack and murder of 1,200 Israelis—marking the largest assault on Jews since the Holocaust—Poilievre said that hate crimes had increased by 251%, with Jews being the primary victims.
“We must not just condemn these things. We must take action against them,” said Poilievre. “We must deport from our country any temporary resident that is here on a permit or a visa that is carrying out violence or hate crimes on our soil.”
Even before Hamas’ attack, Jewish people accounted for 70% of all religiously motivated hate crimes in 2023, despite making up less than 1% of Canada’s population.
Poilievre continued by calling out numerous examples of antisemitism in the country.
He said it was “obscene” that Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps remained legal in Canada for four years after killing 55 citizens on flight PS752. The Liberals finally listed them as a terrorist organization in June 2024, six years after the House of Commons first called for it.
Poilievre added that it was “outrageous” that an estimated 700 IRGC officials remain on Canadian soil.
Poilievre said the federal government should also be condemned for giving anti-racism grants to people like Laith Marouf despite a history of hate speech and extremist views. Poilievre also criticized the appointment of Birju Dattani to head the Canadian Human Rights Commission despite his past anti-Israel activism.
“We must stand up against these outrages and stand for bringing our people together, united in our common values, our common freedom, and our common love for our country and for humanity,” said Poilievre. “Because in the end, we know Jewish people will prevail. We know the State of Israel will live on. We as Canadians must live on as allies and friends so that when we say ‘Never Again,’ we mean it.”
True North compiled a list of seven times the Liberals appeased Hamas and its supporters since the Oct. 7 attack.
The Conservative Party of Canada also released a statement from Poilievre on Monday, International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
Last week, U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order ordering the deportation of non-U.S. citizens involved in terrorism or espousing hateful ideologies.
“It is the policy of the United States to protect its citizens from aliens who intend to commit terrorist attacks, threaten our national security, espouse hateful ideology, or otherwise exploit the immigration laws for malevolent purposes,” reads the order.
Since the order was signed, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has been raiding homes and deporting illegal aliens who were previously protected under sanctuary jurisdictions by the previous government.
One of the illegal immigrants apprehended by ICE had 17 criminal convictions in recent years.
