TORONTO, ON(April 19, 2017)– Local Member of Parliament for Willowdale, AliEhsassi, visited the FSWC office today in Toronto to meet with Avi Benlolo,FSWC President and CEO. The productive meeting had MP Ehsassi and his assistanttour the FSWC office and sit down to discuss issues of mutual interest. MPEhsassi works diligently on issues affecting his community and is particularlyinterested in refugee issues and crises occurring around the world today.

Elected toParliament in 2015, Mr. Ehsassi currently serves as a member on the Standing Committee on Access toInformation, Privacy and Ethics and on Standing Joint Committee for theScrutiny of Regulations. He is also the Chair of theAll Party Parliamentary Committee on the Prevention of Genocide and CrimesAgainst Humanity and Co-Chair of the Toronto Liberal Caucus.

FSWC provided Mr. Ehsassi with a tour ofits Tolerance Training Centre, and informed him of the work FSWC has done,including educating over 200 students each day through workshops and the Tourfor Humanity. 

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AtaraCadesky                                               AvitalBorisovsky
CommunicationsAssociate                        CommunicationsAssociate
416.864.9735x 30                                         416.864.9735x 29                       
acadesky@fswc.ca                                        aborisovsky@fswc.ca                        

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Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center forHolocaust Studies (FSWC) is a top Jewish human rights foundation in Canada'sorganized Jewish community. It directly impacts over 100,000 people each yearand 500,000+ peripherally. FSWC is committed to countering racism andantisemitism and to promoting the principles of tolerance, social justice andCanadian democratic values through advocacy and educational programsincluding workshops, Freedom Day, Spirit of Hope Benefit, Tools for Toleranceand the widely acclaimed Tour for Humanity. FSWC is affiliated with theSimon Wiesenthal Center, an international Jewish human rights organizationheadquartered in Los Angeles which has won two Academy Awards, has built twoMuseums of Tolerance (with a third being built in Jerusalem) and is an NGO atthe United Nations, UNESCO, OAS, OSCE, the Council of Europe and the LatinAmerican Parliament. Visit us at www.fswc.ca. 

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