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National Post
6 days ago
- Politics
- National Post
Avi Benlolo: Ontario teachers shouldn't tolerate the bullying of Jewish students
Article content If our nation's history matters — if we have learned anything from the painful legacy of 'None is too many' — then this is a consequential moment to refuse the role of bystander. It is a moment to stand up, to speak out, and to join me in this fight. Article content What is at stake is nothing less than the fabric of our nation. For those who still remember children playing hockey on quiet streets, neighbours helping neighbours push cars from snowbanks or the simple kindness of a helping hand — for anyone who longs for the Canada where downtown cores were alive with laughter on a weekend afternoon, where school assemblies echoed with songs like Kumbaya, and where playground slides weren't defaced with hateful graffiti — this is the Canada we must fight to bring back. This is the Canada we must defend. Article content The Abraham Global Peace Initiative has been sounding the alarm. We have taken this issue directly to Ontario's Ministry of Education, urging zero-tolerance policies and accountability for school boards that fail to protect Jewish students. We are advancing a national proposal for a security task force dedicated to confronting antisemitism head-on. We are calling for an immediate public inquiry, and for the education system to move beyond Holocaust remembrance to confront modern-day anti-Jewish hate. Article content Article content We are also calling on governments to enforce consequences for educators who engage in or ignore antisemitic acts. Jewish students must not be forced to remove their symbols, hide their identity or transfer schools out of fear. Our laws already prohibit hate speech, but we must ensure they are applied with the full weight of justice in every classroom and corridor. Article content There are no neutral bystanders in the fight against hate. Article content We must be the people of the moment. Let us stand now, together, and say never again — and this time, mean it. Article content
Fox News
06-07-2025
- Politics
- Fox News
Texas police officer shot near ICE detention center as Trump officials promise zero tolerance
The Trump administration is taking a "zero tolerance" approach to attacks on law enforcement after a Texas police officer was shot outside a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention center. The message came after similar incidents in other cities amid backlash against President Donald Trump's immigration enforcement agency. An Alvarado, Texas, police officer was shot Friday night near the Prairieland Detention Facility, authorities said. "We are closely monitoring the attacks on DHS detention facilities in Prairieland, TX, and Portland, OR, and are coordinating with the [US Attorney offices] and our law enforcement partners," said Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche on X. "The Department [of Justice] has zero tolerance for assaults on federal officers or property and will bring the full weight of the law against those responsible," he added. In Alvarado, a suburb of Fort Worth, several suspects were arrested after an officer with the Alvarado Police Department was shot at around 11 p.m. while responding to reports of a suspicious person, FOX Dallas reported. When the officer tried making contact with the person, shots were fired and the officer was struck in the neck. The officer was flown to a Fort Worth hospital for treatment and was later released. Several armed suspects fled but were arrested with the help of the Johnson County Sheriff's Office and other authorities, the news station reported.
BBC News
01-07-2025
- Automotive
- BBC News
'Zero tolerance' to fining bad parking at beach, says police
Drivers are being warned police in Guernsey will take a "zero tolerance" approach to vehicles not parked in designated spaces at Cobo beach. Guernsey Police said people had been parking on grass verges, ignoring "no parking" signs, blocking footpaths and forcing other drivers to travel in the middle of the road. It said traffic wardens and roads officers would be in the area issuing fixed penalty notices to any vehicles not parked properly. "If you're going to the beach, think about walking, cycling, or getting the bus. But if you drive, park in a designated space, or be ready to pay a fine," it said. The force said the same warning also applied to other areas of the island. "Yesterday, there were a number of cars parked on yellow lines or white hatching at the entrance to La Vallette," it said. "Officers dealt with two particularly egregious cases."It added: "The same goes for places like Fort Grey and Bordeaux, where various yellow lines, no-parking signs and painted footpaths must not be ignored."
Malay Mail
27-06-2025
- Malay Mail
‘No place for bullies': Mara expels six Besut MRSM students over dorm abuse of Form Two boy
KUALA LUMPUR, June 27 – All six students from a Mara Junior Science College (MRSM) in Besut, Terengganu found guilty of physical bullying have been expelled, Majlis Amanah Rakyat (Mara) confirmed today. Mara chairman Datuk Asyraf Wajdi Dusuki said the agency will not compromise on cases involving violence among students and reiterated that bullying has no place in any MRSM. 'I have repeatedly emphasised that there is no place for bullies in any MRSM. No excuse can ever justify acts of physical violence or any behaviour that could cause harm,' he said in a brief statement. 'I have instructed the Mara Secondary Education Division to adopt a zero-tolerance policy on this matter. All students involved must be expelled from the college. No appeals will be entertained,' he added. Earlier, it was reported that police received a report from a male Form Two student at a residential school in Besut, claiming he was bullied by Form Three students last Tuesday. Besut police chief Supt Azamuddin Ahmad @ Abu said initial investigations revealed that the senior students had ordered the victim to sit in a semi-squatting position with a slipper placed on his head for 40 minutes. The victim was also punched in the stomach and slapped in the face while at the school dormitory, he said. Azamuddin said that following the incident, the students suspected of involvement have been detained and taken to the Magistrate's Court in Besut for a remand application.
RNZ News
11-06-2025
- Politics
- RNZ News
Call for Pope Leo to issue abuse zero tolerance policy
Newly elected Pope Leo XIV, Cardinal Robert Prevost of the United States, appears on the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican on May 8. Photo: Stoyan Nenov/Reuters via CNN Newsource A Fijian abuse survivor is urging the new head of the Catholic church to adopt a zero tolerance policy for child sex abuse. Felix Fremlin was seven years old when he was molested by a New Zealand Marist Brother at his primary school in Suva. Although he had received a written apology and FJD$15,000 (approx US$6,680) in financial compensation from the Marist Brothers Order of New Zealand and the Pacific, Fremlin said it's not enough. Speaking to Pacific Waves , Fremlin said culture and faith prevents many people in the Pacific from speaking out. "It's a Pacific island thing, everybody looks upon the church as messengers of God, and so for people to talk about it... it's a taboo thing," he said. Seeking mental health support is also a struggle for Fremlin. Photo: Supplied "So here, we don't have any specialists where survivors can go to for counselling. The church here has offered counselling but the counsellors here belong to the church itself. So when you go for counselling, you report back to the church." Fremlin also expressed his dissatisfaction over Pope Leo's appointment as the new pontiff, claiming the former cardinal had allegedly concealed abuse cases of three women while he served as a bishop in Peru in 2022. However, Fremlin said the onus is now on Pope Leo to stand with abuse survivors, calling for him to enact the zero tolerance law. The newly elected Pope Leo waves from the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica on Thursday. Photo: Francesco Sforza/Vatican Media/Reuters via CNN Newsource An earlier attempt was done in November 2024 when former Jesuit priest, Reverand Hans Zollner, joined abuse survivors at a press conference in Rome urging Pope Francis to apply the zero-tolerance law throughout the entire 1.4 billion-member church. The law would effectively remove any priests guilty of abuse from the ministry. For Fremlin, it's about taking concrete steps in protecting the most vulnerable. "When survivors tried to seek or converse with the church, the church gives them the runaround, and always the lawyers," he said. "My experience in Fiji is that they bring up the lawyers and then they hide behind the lawyers you know, so I wish the pope would come on this - it's just something that he can put into law that the survivors can go to, without the church giving them the runarounds." In a statement sent to RNZ Pacific, the New Zealand Catholic Bishops Conference said significant work has been undertaken to "promote a culture of awareness and vigilance". An immediate risk assessment is carried out once a complainant in New Zealand comes forward. Any risk identified would result in the accused priest to step down. For those convicted of abuse, the conference said the policies in place would permanently remove them from the ministry. The conference also said that abuse survivors can seek a mental health counsellor of their choice. "If they don't have already a counsellor, the church can provide them a list of counsellors to choose from - with some or all being people without ties to the church." Even if Pope Leo was to eventually adopt a zero-tolerance policy, Fremlin said it'll do little to restore his faith in the church. "It's like asking the cow to jump over the moon. It's very hard for [the survivors] to come out openly. "We're just hoping for something concrete you know, written in black and white, that states they're doing something about it." A general view shows Pope Leo XIV leading a Holy Mass for the Beginning of his Pontificate, in St Peter's square in The Vatican Photo: AFP / TIZIANA FABI A long-standing advocate of Pacific abuse survivors said they deserve more justice. Dr Murray Heasley, who was instrumental in Fremlin's case, said the payout that Fremlin and his brother John received is "outrageous". "It's about dignity; it's about human rights," he said. "How can you be paying a fraction of the money to a Fijian survivor abused by a New Zealander in Fiji, particularly if you take into consideration some of the notion of the colonial background and the assumption of superiority of Western culture at the time... The colonial mentality seems to still be in place. "If you happen to be a Fijian survivor that got sexually molested by a New Zealander, you're worth less as a human being? Than a Pasifika abused in New Zealand? Why the differentiation? "It's absolutely outrageous and it has to be revisited now. The FMS Marist Brothers have massive resources." The New Zealand Bishop Conference said each case that the church considers is unique and so is each response. Part of the response can include an ex gratia payment to a survivor as part of the 'healing process'. However, they also said that "comparisons cannot be made between different cases across the various components of each process". Last year, New Zealand journalist Pete McKenzie broke the story in the New York Times of how the Pacific was used as a 'dumping ground' for accused priests . Heasley said it was a 'standard procedure'. "It's extremely common to shift predators around. It was called the geographic cure. It didn't cure anything. "The worst predators were those who were fluent in the local language, Fiji and Samoan and Tongan, because parents trusted them. They used the language to predate and groom." The New Zealand Catholic Bishop's Conference responded with a statement they had issued last year in response to McKenzie's story. "We were given 10 or 11 specific names and NONE had any record of allegations of abuse before they were assigned to ministry in the Pacific. It was anything but 'common practice', the statement said. "Catholic priests and religious [orders] have regularly been appointed to the Pacific Islands to support the faith life of communities there. For many religious orders, the Pacific is part of the same province as New Zealand. "There is no record of any of the nine men about whom [McKenzie] enquired being accused of abuse before the order of diocese appointed to them to the Pacific. Allegations against some were not received until after their death." Photo: ALBERTO PIZZOLI As for Pope Leo's alleged handling of abuse cases in Peru, Heasley said he's concerned. "We've seen pushback from people inside the Catholic Church calling these women 'liars'. It's an astonishing thing where you have so-called advocates of women's voices, the silence of women's voices coming in behind the pope who they see as a fellow Peruvian because he has joint citizenship ." He said canon lawyer Brendan Daly has called the sexual abuse of children the greatest threat to the Catholic church. "None of these folks are dealing with this, and even to this point, with this new pope has yet to say anything except to deny the accusation. He has not reached out to sexual survivors, and without that, he is not an acceptable pope." The New Zealand Catholic Bishop Conference said there are many first-hand reports "including from victims and survivors of abuse" that have shared their appreciation for how well then-Bishop Prevost handled the cases in Peru. "He played a pivotal role in having a religious community shut down - which is a rare and severe course of action," the statement read.
