To say that Canada’s civic compact is failing Jewish Canadians was an important admission, and I give the prime minister real credit for naming it clearly. Bill C-9, which would make it a criminal offense to obstruct access to community centers and places of worship, addresses exactly what happened to me in Ottawa. But I’m an entrepreneur, so I judge everything the same way: not by announcement, but by execution and, most importantly, by impact. Advice and frameworks do not protect anyone on their own. Implementation does. Consequences do. The test is not whether the government describes the problem well. It’s whether a Jewish family feels safer walking into their community center a year from now.
