At about 8 a.m. on March 7, about eight hours after a flurry of bullets were fired into his city’s BAYT synagogue, Vaughan Mayor Steven Del Duca arrived at the shul to show his support. FILE: Vaughan Mayor Steven Del Duca in Vaughan, On. A Toronto shul, Shaarei Shomayim, was hit by bullets the same evening, as was another on March 2, Temple Emanu El. When he was Vaughan MPP (2012-2018) for the Liberals, Del Duca backed then-MPP Gila Martow, a Progressive Conservative who’s now a Vaughan city councillor, to condemn the boycott, divestment and sanctions against Israel in 2016. Del Duca, a one-time provincial Liberal leader, said that he draws upon his Roman Catholic upbringing, that taught him to “support and protect people who are vulnerable,” he explained.

Source: National Post March 16, 2026 18:48 UTC