Joe and aqua, since both of you mentioned that you weren't completely aware how close to home the problem is, I thought I'd share these statistics of anti-semitism in Canada with you. I'm not sharing about muslim or aboriginal hatred because I don't feel I'm an expert on that. But if someone else finds a good article on one of those it would be good to share, too!
This was taken from the
B'nai Brith website:
Antisemitic incidents in Canada in 2004:
Ontario: 530; Quebec 204; Manitoba 55; Alberta 33; Saskatchewan 3;
British Columbia 17; Altantic Provinces 14; Northern Regions 1
Total: 857, which is a rise of 46.7% since 2003. In the areas where incidence is small, such as Saskatchewan, that is only because the population of Jewish people is very small. A synagogue was bombed in Saskatchewan.