Toronto (October 2, 2017) - Friendsof Simon Wiesenthal Center (FSWC) would like to offer its sincerecongratulations to Jagmeet Singh on winning the race for leadership of theFederal New Democratic Party. 

“FSWC looks forward to continuing to build a strongrelationship with the federal government and the new leadership of the NDP tohelp foster a society built on tolerance, acceptance, diversity and peacebetween people from all walks of life,” said FSWC President and CEO AviBenlolo.

FSWC is eager to find future opportunities to collaborate withthe NDP under Mr. Singh’s leadership as FSWC strives to work with all politicalparties to promote Canadian democratic values.

Last week while in Ottawa, FSWC was pleased to see the NDP take a stand against antisemitism. MP Murray Rankin, who co-chaired the FSWC reception on Parliament Hill, rose in the House of Commons to deliver a statement which called attention to the rise of antisemitism and hate across Canada and to urge "communities to show that love is greater than hate".

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MediaContacts: 

Atara Cadesky 
Communications Associate 
416.864.9735 x 30 
acadesky@fswc.ca

Avital Borisovsky 
Communications Associate   
416.864.9735 x 30
aborisovsky@fswc.ca

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Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center for Holocaust Studies (FSWC)is a top Jewish human rights foundation in Canada's organized Jewish community.It directly impacts over 100,000 people each year and 500,000+ peripherally.FSWC is committed to countering racism and antisemitism and to promoting theprinciples of tolerance, social justice and Canadian democratic values throughadvocacy and educational programs including workshops, Freedom Day, Spiritof Hope Benefit, Tools for Tolerance and the widely acclaimed Tour forHumanity. FSWC is affiliated with the Simon Wiesenthal Center, an internationalJewish human rights organization headquartered in Los Angeles which has won twoAcademy Awards, has built two Museums of Tolerance (with a third being built inJerusalem) and is an NGO at the United Nations, UNESCO, OAS, OSCE, the Councilof Europe and the Latin American Parliament. Visit us at www.fswc.ca. 

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