Canada’s antisemitism envoy resigns abruptly: ‘It was hard to get people to speak up’
Deborah Lyons had been serving as Canada’s special envoy on preserving Holocaust remembrance and combatting antisemitism since she took the job soon after Hamas’s October 7 massacre.
Deborah Lyons, the former antisemitism envoy for Canada, announced her departure from the role last Thursday.(photo credit: Courtesy Government of Canada via JTA)ByGRACE GILSON/JTA