The Maple

Just after 7:00 p.m. on September 20, a man in a truck drove near the Sons of Jacob Synagogue in Belleville, Ont., and opened fire with a shotgun at a police officer who was in a vehicle outside the building. Around 25 congregants were gathered inside the building for a Yom Kippur service. After an exchange of fire, the police officer and his colleague neutralized the suspect, who later died in hospital. Dozens of bullets hit the synagogue during the shootout.

Last week, the federal Liberal government tabled legislation that would dramatically expand the role of the state in collective bargaining and entrench a mechanism it has used repeatedly to terminate lawful strikes without a vote in Parliament. Introduced on September 21, Bill C-39, formally titled An Act respecting certain measures to strengthen the economy, bundles together changes dealing with infrastructure approvals, transportation and labour relations.

There have been several shootings of synagogues and Jewish schools in Canada over the past few years. In response to these shootings, some pro-Israel groups and politicians have placed blame on the pro-Palestine movement and called for legal measures to be taken against it, arguing they’re necessary to protect Jewish people. If implemented, many of these actions would restrict Canadians’ civil liberties and hamper a movement opposing genocide.

Prime Minister Mark Carney today downplayed U.S. President Donald Trump’s threat to completely destroy Iran as simply “the language of war.” In a speech before the UN General Assembly in New York City Tuesday, Trump said he might “annihilate” Iran if the U.S.-Israeli war of aggression against it continues without a peaceful resolution. “Do I drive them into hell with no chance of survival and no hope of future greatness or generations?,” Trump continued.

Teachers and education workers across Ontario are escalating their campaign for better-funded public schools as a new round of collective bargaining with the Doug Ford government appears stalled. On September 16, education workers represented by unions across the province participated in a workplace day of action, wearing red and purple and organizing collectively in schools.

Three years after arriving in Canada following the devastating March 2023 earthquake that killed more than 50,000 people in Türkiye and Syria, some Turkish earthquake survivors are facing uncertainty as their temporary work permits expire.

Former Conservative prime minister Stephen Harper was so impressed with Mark Carney’s Canada Investment Summit that he told attendees Tuesday he wishes he came up with the idea himself. In a closing speech delivered to the summit in Toronto, Harper said: “I congratulate the federal government for holding this conference. I believe the first of its kind in Canada.

Last week, the Creative Community for Peace (CCP) published an open letter denying that Israel has committed genocide in Gaza.

For years, Manitoba’s labour movement fought to prevent employers from using replacement workers to undermine strikes. When the NDP government finally enacted anti-scab legislation in 2024, unions understandably celebrated it as a major victory. But attached to that gain was a new essential services regime that gave the Manitoba Labour Board — and, crucially, the provincial government — considerably greater authority to determine what work must continue during a strike.

The Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs (CIJA), one of Canada’s most influential pro-Israel groups, is lobbying the federal government to expand the grounds by which Canadian citizenship can be revoked. According to filings with the federal lobbyist registry, CIJA communicated with Minister of Public Safety Gary Anandasangaree, CSIS director Dan Rogers and Conservative MP Shuvaloy Majumdar between March and July.