Canada 🇨🇦 forgets to mention Jewish people at Holocaust memorial

A plaque was removed from Canada's Holocaust memorial because it neglected to mention Jewish people.

Justin Trudeau opened the National Holocaust Monument last week in the capital Ottawa. The plaque commemorated the "millions of men, women and children murdered" but did not specifically mention Jewish people or anti-Semitism. 

About six million Jews were killed in the Holocaust, the largest group to be persecuted by the Nazis. The omission was seized upon by MPs and senators of the opposition Conservative Party on Tuesday. 

"If we are going to stamp out hatred toward Jews, it is important to get history right," said MP David Sweet.

Heritage Minister Melanie Joly assured parliament that the plaque had been removed, and would be replaced with one that reflects "the horrors experienced by the Jewish people". 

The omission on the plaque appears to have been an oversight - during the opening on 27 September both anti-Semitism and the effects of the Holocaust on the Jewish people were mentioned.

UCJ, UNILORIN.