Following the release of the MHRC report , Matas accused MHRC vice-chairwoman Yvonne Peters of taking a contradictory position , stating that : " So what they 're saying is that a full investigation is warranted even when there 's no evidence , as long as the accusation is within the jurisdiction of the board . There 's a lot of problems with this . What basically happened is that Siddiqui heard a rumour . She makes a complaint , as a result of which the commission goes on a five-year fishing expedition . They do n't find anything . We 're co-operating with them . And then they dismiss the complaint . That 's not a proper procedure , in my view . " Matas also criticized the procedures of the MHRC , stating that they will " take an allegation , without evidence , and just run with it to see if it 's true . " The previous year , Matas in a submission in a Moon Report on Internet hate speech , Matas charged that Canada 's human rights commissions have demonstrated " a disastrous combination of investigative zeal and substantive ignorance . " Although Matas stated that he does not believe Siddiqui acted in bad faith , he added that : " The people who run these procedures have to have a more objective viewpoint than the people who make the complaint . " In July 2009 , B'nai Brith Canada issued a press release denouncing Carleton University for hiring Hassan Diab , who was alleged by French authorities to have been responsible for the 1980 Paris synagogue bombing . Diab was living under virtual house arrest at the time ( he had been granted bail but under very strict conditions ) due to an extradition request from France . Diab , who has denied any involvement with the synagogue bombing , has not been convicted of any crime . Within a few hours of the B'nai Brith Canada complaint , Carleton University announced that it would " immediately replace the current instructor , Hassan Diab " in order to provide students " with a stable , productive academic environment that is conducive to learning . " B'nai Brith executive vice-president Frank Dimant later stated that " the university did the right thing . " In 2008 , the Liberal Party of Canada drop and revoked the membership of Winnipeg Centre Candidate Lesley Hughes after she was accused on anti-Semitism by the group , the Canadian Jewish Congress and Conservative MP Peter Kent over a 2002 article about the Sept. 11 , 2001 , terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center . She later sued them for defamation and in 2013 , they issues a public statement saying Hughes is not an anti-Semite and settled it out of court
1980 Paris synagogue bombing
1980 Paris synagogue bombing
B'nai Brith Canada