Noah Zatzman
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Noah Zatzman (born 1984) is a Canadian political strategist and media consultant.[1] Zatzman served as a top advisor and spokesperson to Green Party leader Annamie Paul,[2] Canada's first Black federal party leader.
Zatzman was an aide to Ontario's first female Premier Kathleen Wynne[1] and he and his family have been longtime supporters of the Liberal Party.
Zatzman's great-uncle Joseph Zatzman, CM was Mayor of Dartmouth, Nova Scotia from 1964 to 1967.[3]
Early life and education[edit]
Zatzman was born in 1984 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, but raised in Toronto.[4]
Zatzman is a graduate of the Community Hebrew Academy (CHAT)[5][6]. He received an Honours B.A. in Political Science from York University; at the time, he was a noted pro-Israel activist in Canadian campus politics,[7] serving as a Vice-President of the Canadian Federations of Jewish Students (CFJS).[8][9]
Career[edit]
Zatzman's political career began as a junior aide in the office of Liberal MP Navdeep Bains,[4] future Industry Minister, working for a year for Bains,[10] including during the Coalition Crisis of 2008.[11]
During the first half of the 2010's Zatzman was Discovery Channel's Canadian publicist.[4] Zatzman represented Discovery Channel Canada's[12] in-house production unit during this time, including its nightly flagship program Daily Planet.[13][11] From 2015 to 2018, Zatzman served as a Senior Adviser to Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne.[14][4]
Following the defeat of the Wynne Ontario Liberals, Zatzman spent time as a spokesman for Canadian insurance giant Sun Life Financial.[15]
Zatzman began consulting for the campaign of family friend Annamie Paul in July 2020[4], following Paul's declaration as a candidate for the Green Party federal leadership.[11] Zatzman began serving as a senior advisor to Paul following her winning the Green Party federal leadership election in October 2020.[1] In addition, Zatzman played a pivotal role in Paul's strong by-election results in the riding of Toronto Centre that same month.[4][9]
In May 2021 during the Israel-Hamas violence, Zatzman publicly accused prominent Canadian politicians, including Green MPs Jenica Atwin and Paul Manly of discrimination in a May 14 Facebook post, calling their statements against Israel "appalling" and anti-Semitic.[16]
Following these statements, the Green Party of Canada's Federal Council alleged they had voted not to renew Zatzman's contract in early June.[17] Zatzman disputed this assertion[18], and told the Canadian online publication iPolitics in an interview that the split had been mutual, saying: "“it was agreed by both sides. Any suggestion to the contrary is false".
Atwin subsequently crossed the floor and joined the Liberal Party on June 10, citing lack of support from Paul's leadership after Zatzman's accusation of anti-Semitism.[9]
On June 15, the Green Party's federal council passed a motion requiring Paul to denounce Zatzman and support the federal caucus, under threat of a vote of no confidence.[19] These events led to significant global attention for Paul, Zatzman, and Atwin[20][21], and dominated national headlines and editorials in Canada through the summer of 2021.[22][23][24][25][26]
Media reported in June 2021 that Zatzman had stepped away from his role advising Paul following "anti-Semitic threats".[27]
Zatzman joined Aurora Strategy Group, a public relations firm closely associated with the Ontario Liberals, in October 2021.[28][9][11]
Personal life[edit]
Zatzman is Jewish.[29] He is the great-nephew of former Dartmouth Mayor Joseph Zatzman, CM.[4]
Zatzman is also a great-grandson of Benzion Hyman (and grandson of Gurion Hyman)[30][4] and thus a direct descendant of Rabbi Shabbatai ha-Kohen.
The Hyman family owned and operated Hyman's Bookstore,[4] [9]which "played a significant role in shaping the cultural landscape of Kensington Market."[31]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Hill Movers: Green Party leader announces new team; Bennett, MacAuley changes". Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Three confidence votes to determine fate of minority Liberal government". Red Deer Advocate. April 21, 2021.
- ↑ "Dartmouth Sportsplex to carry family name of former mayor Joseph Zatzman".
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8 "The Man Who Upended Canada's Green Party".
- ↑ "chatter spring". Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "CHAT grads honour classmate at reunion". The Canadian Jewish News. November 26, 2012.
- ↑ "Far from belonging". Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "CFJS Board Members - 2004/5". Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 Kassel, Matthew (November 17, 2021). "Is the Green Party over?". Jewish Insider. Retrieved December 5, 2021.
- ↑ "Watching U.S. history in Ottawa - Macleans.ca".
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 "Comings and Goings: Noah Zatzman joins Aurora". iPolitics.
- ↑ "EPI's How Tech Works returns for a third world tour".
- ↑ "DAILY PLANET Wakes up in Vegas!". Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Hill Movers".
- ↑ "Why Canada's top insurers are eyeing growth in Asia". Globe and Mail.
- ↑ "Green party infighting grows amid rift over Israeli-Palestinian conflict".
- ↑ "Fallout from Greens' feud continues as party opts not to renew top adviser's contract".
- ↑ "MP Atwin's departure the culmination of months of Green Party chaos".
- ↑ "Green Party Leader says federal council is no longer asking her to repudiate former advisor".
- ↑ "Canada's Green Party remains a mess of obsessive Israel-bashing and allegations of antisemitism".
- ↑ "Canada's First Black Jewish Party Leader Is Under Threat – From Her Own Party".
- ↑ "Canada's Green Party in turmoil, leader resists calls to step down".
- ↑ "Embattled leader of Canada's Greens says party drops bid to oust her".
- ↑ "Crise au Parti vert".
- ↑ "No friction with May, but Paul needs distance from former adviser, says former federal Green interim leader".
- ↑ "The Green Party has discovered an inexhaustible source of self-destructive energy".
- ↑ "Green Party Exodus: Israel and anti-Semitism played role in key departures". The CJN.
- ↑ "Noah Zatzman". Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Green Party leader seeks reconciliation within her party". June 2, 2021.
- ↑ "Gurion Hyman Obituary". Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Hyman's Bookstore - Storefront Stories". Unknown parameter
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