York Regional Police are asking for the public’s help to find a suspect that broke into three Jewish businesses, including a pizzeria, during Passover.
The break-ins happened overnight between April 18 and 19 in the Thornhill neighbourhood within Vaughan, according to police.
It’s being called an attempt to “intimidate and target” the Jewish community by Thornill MP Melissa Lantsman.
She noted the businesses were located in “the largest Jewish community” in Canada in an April 19 post on X platform.
“My grandfather started one of these businesses when he came to Canada to give us a better life. Today this country is unrecognizable,” she said in the post….