Please read the following statement from Elizabeth May, Member of Parliament for Saanich–Gulf Islands and Leader of the Green Party of Canada recognising the start of Hanukkah:
“As you light the first candle in the menorah tonight, please know that your non-Jewish Canadian family sends love and sympathy for the last dreadful month of pain and grief.
We pray for peace for the holidays – Jewish and Christian – over the next few weeks and that they bring a shared longing for peace and justice.
Happy Hanukkah!”