Canada’s antisemitism envoy Irwin Cotler is seen in his Justice Building office, in Ottawa, Canada, Nov. 14, 2014. Photo: Blair Gable.. JNS.org – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has reappointed Irwin Cotler as Canada’s special envoy on preserving Holocaust remembrance and combating antisemitism, the prime minister announced on his website. A renowned scholar and international human-rights lawyer, Cotler was first appointed special envoy in November 2020 following his career as a minister of justice and attorney general of Canada, as well as a member of the Canadian parliament for the Liberal Party from 1999 to 2015. The position of special...