Second Cup at Montreal Jewish hospital shut down over alleged Nazi salute

Second Cup Canada is moving to unopen down a franchisee’s cafés located successful Montreal’s Jewish General Hospital aft they assertion the franchisee was filmed connected Saturday day seemingly chanting the “Final Solution is coming your way” referencing Nazi Germany’s slaughter of millions of Jewish radical during the Holocaust.

Footage that appears to person been recorded astatine a Friday anti-NATO protest besides shows a pistillate performing the Nazi salute.

Second Cup Canada president Peter Mammas told Global News the institution verified the pistillate successful the video is Mai Abdulhadi, who owns 2 Second Cup locations wrong the hospital.

“We spoke to a batch of employees and they confirmed to america that, yes, it was her successful the videos,” Mammas said successful a telephone interview, saying that employees who enactment astatine Abdulhadi’s cafés and Second Cup Canada employees who sojourn the sites confirmed it was her.

Global News has not independently verified the individuality of the pistillate successful the video.

Global News made respective attempts to interaction Abdulhadi but did not person a effect by deadline.

The Integrated University Health and Social Service Centres (CIUSSS), Quebec’s wellness attraction provider, said it was made alert of a video containing “antisemitic (sic) and hateful messaging” connected societal media.

“This video is related to a franchisee of Second Cup, 1 of the backstage tenants operating wrong the Jewish General Hospital,” the connection said.

“We afloat enactment Second Cup’s determination to instrumentality swift and decisive enactment successful this substance by shutting down the franchisee’s cafes and terminating their lease agreement.”

Second Cup issued a connection outlining its actions connected Saturday evening and spoke to Global News connected Sunday.

Mammas said the institution has the close to support the marque and support different franchisees and marque values. He told Global News Second Cup Canada’s lawyers would interaction Abdulhadi’s ineligible representatives connected Monday.

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Montreal constabulary told Global News they’re not alert of immoderate lawsuit opened astatine the hatred crimes unit.

Montreal Conservative Sen. Leo Housakos told Global News that helium was gladsome to spot “there are corporations similar the genitor institution of Second Cup that has the… fortitude and integrity to basal up for what’s right.”

Anti-NATO protests successful Montreal continued Saturday aft a convulsive objection connected Friday, wherever 2 groups met up and immoderate participants smashed windows and burned cars. Police arrested 3 radical and person promised much arrests to come.

Multiple societal media posts look to amusement 1 idiosyncratic burning an effigy with “(Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin) Netanyahu to The Hague” written connected it.

Canadian politicians condemned the unit and anti-Semitism.

“The voices of anti-Semitism, of hate, of violence, Nazi salutes, calling decease to Jews, it’s deplorable. It’s unacceptable. It has to stop,” Housakos said, speaking of immoderate of the sentiments expressed implicit the past fewer days successful Montreal.