TORONTO, September 26, 2008 – B'nai Brith Canada, which earlier had urged Liberal Party leader Stéphane Dion to remove Lesley Hughes as the Liberal candidate for Kildonan-St.Paul over her antisemitic 9/11 conspiracy theories, has welcomed Dion's request for her resignation.

"Stéphane Dion has done the right thing by refusing to let Lesley Hughes, a candidate with a record of antisemitism, stand for the Liberal Party of Canada," said Frank Dimant, Executive Vice President of B'nai Brith Canada.

"We commend Stéphane Dion for signaling that antisemitsm and bigotry have no place in the multicultural mosaic of Canada."