And None Shall Make Them Afraid: A Conversation with the RCMP and the Alliance of Canadians Combatting Antisemitism
Wednesday, November 25, 7:00 pm
Presented by the Holy Blossom Temple Advocacy Committee
We look forward to welcoming you on Thursday, November 25, from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm at Holy Blossom Temple for an important conversation about the ongoing security threats to our Canadian Jewish community – and how we can best respond. Doors will open at 6:30 pm.
Holy Blossom Temple is honoured to welcome Royal Canadian Mounted Police Assistant Commissioner Richard Baylin, the highest-ranking Jewish officer in the RCMP. Joining him for conversation will be Mark Sandler, the founder and Chair of the Alliance of Canadians Combatting Antisemitism (ALCCA). Together they will discuss the current threats to the Jewish community of Canada, along with how Canadian society can best respond.
But every family shall sit
Under its own vine and fig tree
With no one to make them afraid.
Micah 4:4
Assistant Commissioner Baylin will bring a rare glimpse into the world of national policing, discussing how the RCMP has already acted against antisemitic terrorist groups targeting our community. He will also, where feasible, discuss some of the ongoing challenges and potential solutions that the RCMP sees in response to this surge of hatred. Mark Sandler will discuss the work of the ALCCA, and how it is working to combat hate crimes targeting our community by promoting robust use of the criminal law against extremism and by training police and prosecutors across the country. Together, they will help us paint a wider picture of the threat we face, and the solutions available to us to defend our community and our good country of Canada.
Assistant Commissioner Richard Baylin joined the RCMP in 1991 out of Ottawa. After completing basic recruit training in Regina, Saskatchewan, he was posted to White Rock Detachment in British Columbia where he conducted uniform General Duties on a variety of Criminal Code and federal investigations. In 1996, he transferred to the Greater Vancouver Drug Section, participating in investigations targeting the upper echelon of organized crime syndicates from Latin America and the Caribbean. From British Columbia, he transferred to RCMP National Headquarters in Ottawa.
Richard has over 34 years of international and domestic police experience as a manager, instructor, investigator, subject-matter expert and facilitator in a variety of areas. In his diverse law enforcement background, he has held positions overseeing the RCMP’s International Operations, heading up INTERPOL Canada, and supervising RCMP engagement and involvement in United Nations Program Management and International Capacity Building. He has also been in charge of the Federal Policing National Border Task Force, Federal Policing Cybercrime and a number of areas within RCMP Covert Operations Branch, which includes the Human Source Program and Undercover Program. In addition, he has worked in RCMP Protective Operations and in Professional Standards.
In his current role, Richard oversees the RCMP Federal Policing National Security program and is responsible for oversight and strategic direction of national security criminal investigations and operations across Canada and abroad. This includes extensive collaboration with Government of Canada departments, domestic and international policing organizations, security and intelligence partners, and private sector to combat threats to Canada’s and international partner’s safety and security.
He holds a bachelor’s degree from Carleton University and a Graduate Certificate from the Australian Institute of Police Management (Australian Federal Police). He has also helped deliver the AIPM program as a Visiting Fellow.
Mark Sandler, LL.B., LL.D. (honoris causa) is the founder and Chair of the Alliance of Canadians Combatting Antisemitism (ALCCA), a diverse coalition of 70+ community organizations and groups that collaboratively address antisemitism through advocacy, education and respectful dialogue. He is widely recognized as one of Canada’s leading criminal lawyers and pro bono advocates. He has been involved in combatting antisemitism for over 40 years. He has lectured extensively on legal remedies to combat hate, trained police and prosecutors on hate crimes, and has been involved in multiple inter-community and interfaith dialogues.
Sandler has appeared before Parliamentary committees and in the Supreme Court of Canada on multiple occasions on issues relating to antisemitism and hate activities. He is a former member of the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal, a three-time elected Bencher of the Law Society of Ontario, and recipient of the criminal profession’s highest honour, the G. Arthur Martin Medal, for his contributions to the administration of criminal justice. He is also a former National Chair and Senior Counsel of B’nai Brith’s League for Human Rights.
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