Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center, a UN-accredited NGO that works to improve Canadian society by countering hate and antisemitism, asks CUPE National President, Paul Moist and CUPE Ontario’s membership, to call for the resignation of Ontario section president, Sid Ryan. This follows a series of blatantly antisemitic and discriminatory acts and comments by Mr. Ryan that cast doubt over his ability to lead the Ontario section of Canada’s largest union. Mr. Ryan most recently issued a call to ban Israeli academics from Canadian universities.
Today, Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center is issuing letters to Mr. Moist, national president of CUPE, select members of Government, CUPE Ontario leadership and the Center’s more than 25,000 donors and supporters in an effort to encourage:
1. CUPE members to reflect on Mr. Ryan’s recent behaviour, proposed academic censorship, blatant anti-Israel campaign and selective understanding of Middle East affairs and reconsider his ability to lead the union
2. Government to study CUPE actions at home while continuing its leadership abroad through calls for an end to Hamas rockets on Israeli towns and terrorist activity
3. Canadian citizens to learn more about campaigns to attack Israeli towns, murder its citizens, boycott its companies and bring about the country’s demise
Mr. Moist has already issued a public statement confirming his belief that such a resolution is “wrong and would violate the anti-discrimination standards set out in the CUPE Constitution” - [url=http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/January2009/13/c7052.html]http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/January2009/13/c7052.html[/url]
For further information or to schedule an interview, please contact: Daniel Torchia, Daniel@torchiacom.com
