Antisemitic rhetoric continues to be used by some opponents of COVID-19 measures

Comparisons with Nazi era becoming a common refrain at protests against vaccine mandates and COVID rules

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Belle Jarniewski, the executive director of the Jewish Heritage Centre and a member of the Canadian delegation to the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance, says it is 'unconscionable' to compare vaccine mandates and passports and other COVID-19 restrictions to the suffering of Jews during the Holocaust.

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Belle Jarniewski, the executive director of the Jewish Heritage Centre and a member of the Canadian delegation to the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance, says it is ‘unconscionable’ to compare vaccine mandates and passports and other COVID-19 restrictions to the suffering of Jews during the Holocaust.

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Protesters are seen holding masks at an anti-mask rally at the Manitoba legislature in Winnipeg in August 2020, including one sign that equates public health orders with Nazism. Comparisons to the Nazi era are becoming a common sight at demonstrations against public health measures aimed at containing the spread of COVID-19.
Jaison Empson/CBC Protesters are seen holding masks at an anti-mask rally at the Manitoba legislature in Winnipeg in August 2020, including one sign that equates public health orders with Nazism. Comparisons to the Nazi era are becoming a common sight at demonstrations against public health measures aimed at containing the spread of COVID-19.

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