Restaurant staff losing their jobs for cheering on a pro-Palestinian protest. A Palestinian Canadian journalist fired for her social media posts calling for a #freepalestine. Medical residents flagged to potential hiring committees for their support of Palestinians.

These are just some of the many instances across Canada in which employees and students have faced firings, suspensions or calls for them to not be hired based on their publicly stated political stance on the Israel-Hamas war. It’s a trend that has been reported not just in Canada but also in the U.S. and Europe, and across various industries, including media, law, health care and the service sector.

According to three Ontario-based lawyers who spoke to CBC News, some employers and institutions have been quick to take action against employees or students, creating an environment in which many are afraid they will lose their jobs or face consequences to their education if they express a political stance in favour of one side — Palestinians — during this war.

“I can tell you personally, in the last month and a half, I’ve probably spoken with someone at least once a day [about this],” said Jackie Esmonde, a labour lawyer at Toronto-based firm Cavalluzzo Law. "They’re not always cases that we take on, but we do have in the range of eight to 10 cases that we’re actively working on at the moment.

“I’m not seeing people making what I would consider hate speech or discriminatory speech.”

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      Sorry, but no. A hospital director kidnaped and tortured by the IDF and made to make a statement under duress isn’t a credible source of information. Just like how I wouldn’t believe the claims of an IDF soldier kidnapped by Hamas if he said the IDF ate babies or something.

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        Lmao yeah I thought so, it happened to me a few times with Hamas supporters asking for proof when confronted with actual proof. You guys are a quite a crazy bunch I’ll tell you that.

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        Doesn’t matter to all the anti-semite folks here though, Zionist bad guy is bad and is the reason for poor Palestinians 'misery.

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          They’re pretty insanely biased even in the face of overwhelming evidence.

          Honestly I don’t think people can be this blind in the face of so much evidence - seems intentional

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          They’re pretty insanely biased even in the face of overwhelming evidence.

          Honestly I don’t think people can be this blind in the face of so much evidence - seems intentional

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            They’re just racists, not the brightest people generally. You can’t resonate with logic with them since they follow an ideology, and not facts/logic.

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      The antisemites that plague this community dont like that video so they have decided it’s fake.

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        That’s generally how they operate lol, there are a lot more videos including with the son of Hamas’ leader speaking against his father but I honestly feel I’d be wasting my time posting them here.