The bill sponsored by Premier I. A. Taschereau, which would empower judges to issue injunctions against publications which repeatedly infringe on the Criminal Code of Canada, will not help the Jews to combat anti-Semitic publications, is the opinion emphatically expressed by Deputy Peter Bercovitch, member of the Provincial Parliament.
The Taschereau bill will make it possible for individuals attacked by certain newspapers to seek redress through court injunctions. It does not, however, protect Jews as a class. Although many think that the measure was inspired by the Jews and that Premier Taschereau was motivated by a desire to help the Jews, it will not help the Jews to curb the attacks of the Goglu press, Deputy Bercovitch asserts.
Jewish members of the Provincial Parliament may confer with the Premier on the measure.
At the same time the anti-Semitic publication, “Le Miroir,” openly asserts that it is unafraid of the bill, concerning which it comments: “the mountain gave birth to a mouse.”
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