was held in the Town of Mount Royal in April. The meetings are called Anthony's Assemblies. In the media Housefather has written several opinion pieces for Canadian newspapers, and has been interviewed on local and national news networks, sharing his views on subjects including his experience as a member of parliament, minority language issues, and his support of more permissive surrogacy laws in Canada. In November 2020, Housefather published an op-ed in CNN alongside his co-members of the Interparliamentary Taskforce on Combatting Online Antisemitism. Their article expressed the need for global collaboration to hold social media companies accountable for what takes place on their platforms and to create internationally cohesive and transparent policies to tackle hate speech. In 2021, Housefather published an op-ed in the National Post discussing the need for a new independent institution in Canada to combat online disinformation. Following the introduction of Bill 96 in Québec, Housefather has been featured prominently in local and national media for his opposition to the Bill. In May 2022, Housefather published an op-ed in the Montreal Gazette expressing his concern with the bill.[i] That same month, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation reported that Housefather and other Liberal members of parliament participated in a protest against Bill 96. He later joined Rosemary Barton on Rosemary Barton Live to discuss his concerns with the legislation. Controversy Housefather was the Chair of The Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights which, on March 13, 2019, voted to adjourn rather than debate whether Jody Wilson-Raybould should reappear before the committee to provide additional testimony on the SNC-Lavalin affair and, on March 19, 2019 (the day of the 2019 Federal Budget), ended the study into the affair without calling further witnesses. In February 2019, Housefather apologized after suggesting during multiple media interviews that Jody Wilson-Raybould was likely shuffled for her inability to speak French. In May 2018, Housefather distanced himself from his own government and strongly disagreed with Justin Trudeau, when he made a statement that condemned the Israeli military for using excessive force against unarmed civilians and called for an independent investigation into Israel, after an Israeli sniper shot a Canadian physician, Dr. Tarek Loubani in Gaza. Housefather strongly denounced any claims of not being a forceful advocator for Israel and stated that he always has been and "will continue to be a huge supporter of Israel." Housefather characterizes himself as the one of the most