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Order your free copy of CYVFAST Initiatives - Ad in The Globe and Mail (May 17, 2005)


WHY WE MUST SPEAK OUT

Non-Jewish Business Leaders Stand Up Against Antisemitism in Canada

We are pleased to announce the launch of a vigorous new offensive against antisemitism in Canada, funded and driven by a coalition of non-Jews, many of them leaders in the Canadian business community.

Under the banner of Fighting Antisemitism Together (FAST), this coalition of corporate citizens and business leaders was founded in response to the fact that 2004 was the worst year in more than half a century for vicious anti-Jewish activity in this country, a shocking 857 reported incidents. In the face of this resurgent evil we felt it was time to speak out.

Above all we resolved that we would not allow another generation of Jewish children to grow up feeling fearful and unsafe just because they are Jewish, and wondering if anybody out there really cares.

Well we do care. That’s why FAST exists: to honour every Jewish child and promise the Jewish people they are not alone and on their own in Canada in this new century. We are dedicated to the safety and well-being of every Jewish child in this country and we want the whole world to know it.

Thanks to the commitment and generosity of the leaders listed below, FAST is working in partnership with the Jewish community to combat antisemitism in Canada. As we move ahead with this work, we also want to invite and challenge other non-Jews of good will to speak out against the “oldest hatred” in human history.



Elizabeth Comper
Founder

Tony Comper
President and CEO, BMO Financial Group
Founder


A. Charles Baillie
Retired Chairman and CEO
TD Bank Financial Group
Chancellor
Queen’s University

John M. Cassaday
President and CEO
Corus Entertainment Inc.

Ed Clark
President and CEO
TD Bank Financial Group

Richard J. Currie
Chancellor
University of New Brunswick

Dominic D’Alessandro
President and CEO
Manulife Financial

Ron Farmer
Managing Director
Mosaic Capital Partners

Dan Fortin
President
IBM Canada Ltd.

Robert J. Foster
President and CEO
Capital Canada Limited

David A. Galloway
Chairman
BMO Financial Group

Peter C. Godsoe
Retired Chairman and CEO
Scotiabank Group

Scott M. Hand
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Inco Limited

Linda Haynes and Martin Connell
Haynes Connell Foundation

Timothy J. Hearn
Chairman, President and CEO
Imperial Oil Limited

John Hunkin
Former CEO, CIBC

Aris Kaplanis
President and Chief Executive Officer
Teranet

Morris Klid
President
Cyberbahn Inc.

Libby MacAulay and J. Blair MacAulay
of Counsel,
Fraser Milner Casgrain and
Honorary Director
BMO Financial Group

Bill MacKinnon
CEO
KPMG LLP

Michael H. McCain
President and CEO
Maple Leaf Foods Inc.

C. Sanford McFarlane
Co-CEO
Davis + Henderson

The Honourable Michael A.
Meighen and Mrs. Kelly Meighen

Bruce H. Mitchell
President and CEO
Permian Industries Limited

Gordon M. Nixon
President and CEO
RBC Financial Group

Philip S. Orsino
President and CEO
Masonite International Corp.

Courtney Pratt
President and CEO
Stelco Inc.

Glenn Rice
President
UPS Canada

Michael J. Sabia
President and CEO
Bell Canada Enterprises

Donald A. Stewart
CEO
Sun Life Financial

Rick Waugh
President and CEO
Scotiabank Group

W. Galen Weston
Chairman and President
George Weston Limited

Torrance Wylie
Vice-Chairman
Global Public Affairs

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