Second Cup and Montreal's Jewish General Hospital cancelled a store owner's contract after they say she was filmed allegedly performing the Hitler salute at a protest on Friday.

Two Second Cup café locations at Montreal’s Jewish General Hospital have been shut down after the reported franchise owner was filmed making Nazi references at a pro-Palestinian protest on Thursday. The CEO of Foodtastic,

Second Cup Canada is cutting ties with a franchisee operating at Montreal's Jewish General Hospital who was allegedly filmed making hateful and antisemitic comments during a protest in the city last week.

Idit Shamir, the Israeli Consul General in Toronto, thanked Second Cup for acting swiftly. “Imagine chanting ‘The Final Solution is coming’ and throwing a Nazi salute at @Concordia — while running a café at Jewish General Hospital, a place built by Holocaust survivors,” the Toronto-based official wrote on X.

Anti-Israel protests at Concordia University last Thursday in which there were words and actions reminiscent of the Nazis has sparked an outcry in Montreal, across Canada and around the world.

Second Cup Café has closed one of its franchise locations in Montreal following allegations of hateful remarks and gestures made by the franchisee in a video that was widely circulated online during a pro-Palestinian protest on Thursday.

Two Second Cup café locations at Montreal's Jewish General Hospital have been shut down and the franchise owner's contract terminated after the individual was filmed on Friday making "hateful remarks and gestures,