The presidents of four Canadian universities defended their institutions' efforts to combat antisemitism on their campuses Monday after months of claims that Jewish students have suffered from threats and discrimination.

Four university presidents conceded to members of Parliament today that antisemitism is a problem on their campuses. MPs questioned the presidents of the University of Toronto, McGill University, Concordia University and the University of British Columbia about their codes of conduct,

The head of Universities Canada said Monday he supports shutting down anti-Israel encampments on campuses across the country. Universities Canada president and CEO Gabriel Miller also said that enforcing university speech codes against antisemitic hate has been a challenge,

Meric Gertler, appeared before a House of Commons committee, along with other school administrators, to talk about antisemitism on campuses and what measures they are taking to deal with it.