Shopify president fears for future of Jews in Canada

Saying that Canada’s civic compact is failing Jewish Canadians was an important admission, and I give the prime minister real credit for naming it plainly. Bill C-9, which would make it a criminal offence to obstruct access to community centres 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 the announcement, but by the execution and, most importantly, the impact. Councils and frameworks don’t protect anyone on their own. Enforcement does. Consequences do. The test isn’t whether the government describes the problem well. It’s whether a Jewish family feels safer walking into their community centre a year from now.