Canada’s special envoy for preserving the Holocaust memory and the fight against anti -Semitism, Deborah Lyons, announced its resignation “with great sadness” on Thursday.
“I really liked this position, which brought me many challenges, some deep disappointments, but also, in the end, real achievements which, I am sure, will help the Jewish community and Canada in the years to come,” she said in a long publication on X.
She adds in her message that “the last two years have been difficult”, since the Hamas surprise attack in Israel, in October 2023.
Ms. Lyons does not detail the reasons which pushed her to resign.
Rather, she praised the work of the liberal government in place, which “has embarked on the fight against anti -Semitism with a vigor and a passion that we do not find in many other countries”.
Ministers like Steven Guilbeault and Anita Anand welcomed Ms. Lyons’ work on social networks.
This career diplomat has been leaving in a hurry, his mandate was initially to end this fall. She was appointed in October 2023, replacing Irwin Cotler, former Minister of Justice under Paul Martin.
The position of special envoy on anti -Semitism was set up in 2020 by the government of Justin Trudeau.
