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Sabine Sparwasser and Andrea Freedman

With swastikas in our midst, Canadians must say no

On Thursday, Jan. 27, we were honoured to participate in a solemn commemorative ceremony marking Holocaust Remembrance Day that took place at Canada’s National

Opinion | BY SABINE SPARWASSER AND ANDREA FREEDMAN | February 3, 2022

Freedom Convoy supporters gather in front of Centre Block on Wellington Street in downtown Ottawa on Jan. 29. The presence of swastika flags, of multiple allusions to Nazi ideology, the continued appropriation of the yellow star to make the deeply offensive and grossly inaccurate comparison between the victims of Nazism and anti-vaxxers, all these are manifestations of a dangerous perversion that requires a broad and unconditional collective response, write Sabine Sparwasser and Andrea Freedman. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

With swastikas in our midst, Canadians must say no

Opinion | BY SABINE SPARWASSER AND ANDREA FREEDMAN | February 3, 2022

On Thursday, Jan. 27, we were honoured to participate in a solemn commemorative ceremony marking Holocaust Remembrance Day that took place at Canada’s National

With swastikas in our midst, Canadians must say no

Opinion | BY SABINE SPARWASSER AND ANDREA FREEDMAN | February 3, 2022

On Thursday, Jan. 27, we were honoured to participate in a solemn commemorative ceremony marking Holocaust Remembrance Day that took place at Canada’s National

Freedom Convoy supporters gather in front of Centre Block on Wellington Street in downtown Ottawa on Jan. 29. The presence of swastika flags, of multiple allusions to Nazi ideology, the continued appropriation of the yellow star to make the deeply offensive and grossly inaccurate comparison between the victims of Nazism and anti-vaxxers, all these are manifestations of a dangerous perversion that requires a broad and unconditional collective response, write Sabine Sparwasser and Andrea Freedman. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade