Montreal Police Chief Yvan Delorme rejected B�nai Brith Canada�s plea for a hate crimes unit in the police force, saying it is not needed. Delorme was responding last Thursday evening to Allan Adel, chairman of B�nai Brith Canada�s League for Human Rights. Both were at Montreal city hall for hearings on proposals to merge police stations on the island and a new approach to policing in general.

Adel, who is also on the Montreal Jewish Community Security Committee, pointed out that B�nai Brith Canada has been asking for a hate crimes unit for several years, especially in light of anti-Semitic attacks in recent years � most notably the firebombing of the United Talmud Torah library in 2004, and similar attacks on an Outremont Jewish boys� school in 2006 and the Snowdon Y this year.

�It�s important that this is established,� Adel said.

(The Suburban)