Hundreds of people bound for a Jewish rally in Ottawa were stranded in Toronto Monday after 17 buses failed to turn up, a situation that rally organizers said was an act of antisemitism.
Hundreds of people bound for a Jewish rally in Ottawa were stranded in Toronto Monday after 17 buses failed to turn up, a situation that rally organizers said was an act of antisemitism. They were left without transport after a bus company’s subcontractor, which had been paid in advance, failed to send the buses to the pickup point and then declined to answer calls.
Sara Lefton, chief development officer at the United Jewish Appeal, said hundreds of people who were supposed to be on the buses – including many children – stood in a parking lot for an hour from 6:45 a.m. while waiting for alternative transportation to arrive. Iddo Moed, the Israeli ambassador to Canada, told The Globe and Mail that if the buses had not been sent deliberately, it was “very petty” and showed “they don’t understand what this rally is about.” “It’s not against anything. It’s for the Jewish people supporting each other in times of trouble,” he said. “It’s combatting antisemitism, which has taken new forms in recent times
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