OTTAWA, ON (June 2, 2026):
Amid record levels of antisemitic incidents in Canada and growing concerns about the safety and future of Canada’s Jewish community, Prime Minister Mark Carney announced a series of new measures aimed at combatting antisemitism and hate-motivated violence.
To address the Prime Minister’s new measures, the following experts from the Macdonald-Laurier Institute’s Foreign Policy and Promised Land programs are available to provide comment to the media:
Alan Kessel is a former assistant deputy minister and legal adviser to the Government of Canada and a former deputy high commissioner of Canada to the United Kingdom. He is a senior fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute.
Sarah Teich is an international human rights lawyer, a senior fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute, and co-founder and president of Human Rights Action Group.
Brian L. Cox is an adjunct professor at Cornell Law School, a journalism graduate student at Carleton University, and a senior fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute. He retired from the U.S. Army in 2018 after 22 years of military service, including seven years as a military lawyer.
To learn more about what MLI’s experts have had to say about antisemitism in Canada, click here.
Additional MLI experts can be made available upon request. To arrange an interview, media are invited to contact:
Skander Belouizdad
Senior Media Relations Officer
613-482-8327 x111
skander.belouizdad@macdonaldlaurier.ca
