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Canada’s new antisemitism envoy Deborah Lyons urges tripling office staff to handle ‘moment of crisis’
Deborah Lyons has been appointed as Canada's new special envoy on Holocaust remembrance and combating antisemitism, succeeding Irwin Cotler.
Renowned human rights lawyer Irwin Cotler, also Canada's special envoy on antisemitism, is the subject of a new documentary called "First to Stand: The Cases and Causes of Irwin Cotler."
Irwin Cotler, an 80-year-old human rights lawyer and former Canadian minister, remains deeply involved in defending political prisoners worldwide, such as Saudi writer Raif Badawi.