Nearly a fifth of the Liberal caucus has issued a letter calling for more to be done to address a rise in antisemitism after a Jewish woman in her 70s was stabbed at an Ottawa grocery store.

Mount Royal MP Anthony Housefather posted the letter on social media he signed along with 31 other Liberal lawmakers that decries what the letter calls the “deplorable” rise in antisemitism, warning it is “becoming normalized” in Canada.

Ottawa police charged 71-year-old Joseph Rooke with aggravated assault and possession of a dangerous weapon over the stabbing last week, and are treating the incident as a “hate-motivated crime.”

The grocery store is known for having a large kosher food section and the MPs said in their letter that Rooke was known for making “virulent antisemitic comments” on social

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