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The families of Canadians killed by Hamas in Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, are urging Ottawa to leverage its diplomatic and economic weight to lead a global campaign to sanction and dismantle the terrorist organization and to pursue justice against Iranian officials accused of sponsoring it.
In a statement released after a meeting between Prime Minister Mark Carney and family members from the Association of Canadian Families of the Victims of October 7th, the group described its two proposals as steps “not only toward justice, but toward preventing future atrocities.”
The first call to action asks Canada to spearhead an international effort at the United Nations to formally sanction Hamas, similar to the blacklisting of ISIS and al-Qaeda. The Association said Carney’s experience “as an international economic authority” positions him to coordinate sanctions disrupting the terrorists’ financial and logistical networks and to rally “like-minded nations” to join the effort.
The second request urges Ottawa to launch a structural investigation into Iranian officials involved in arming, training, and funding Hamas, and to prosecute them under Canada’s War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity Act. Such action, the families said, would “demonstrate Canada’s leadership in the global fight against impunity.”
Beyond foreign policy, the families connected their demands to growing domestic concern about antisemitism and foreign-inspired hate. Statistics Canada data show hate crimes have doubled in the past five years, with Jewish Canadians remaining the most targeted religious group.
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