Independent human rights organization
Palestine Legal Resources Canada
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A Canadian based independent human rights organization promoting
Just Peace/Paix Juste through the rule of law and respect for human rights in Canada
Independent human rights organization
Just Peace Advocates
Mouvement Pour Une Paix Juste
A Canadian based independent human rights organization promoting
Just Peace/Paix Juste through the rule of law and respect for human rights in Canada
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$1 billion USD invested by Desjardins in war crimes & genocide!
Desjardins (Federation des caisses Desjardins du Quebec) had over $1 Billion USD invested in war crimes and genocide in its Sept. 30, 2024 filing. $31 million in companies on the UN list, and the remainder in companies listed by AFSC Investigate.
This includes companies war manufacturers such as Boeing, General Dynamics, L3 Harris, Honeywell, Lockheed Martin, Northrup Grumman, Raytheon (RTX) and others, as well as surveillance companies like Palantir and HP, ad companies involved in the illegal occupation, including settlements.
$2.1 Billion USD invested in war crimes & genocide by CIBC
The CIBC according to it's Sept 30, 2024 US SEC filing had $2.1 billion invested in war crimes and potentially genocide with $126 million of this invested in companies identified by the UN as being complicit with war crimes, and the remainder being companies on the AFSC Investigate list.
This includes companies involved in weapons manufacturing such as General Electric, General Dynamics, Boeing, Raytheon (RTX), Honeywell, Boeing, Northrup Grumman and others, as well as companies involved in surveillances such as Palantir and HP, and others involved in illegal settlements.
RBC Investing $37B in war crimes and genocide
The most recent US SEC filing for Sept 30, 2024, shows RBC investing $37 Billion in war crimes and genocide. This includes $1.8 Billion in companies on the UN list, and almost $36 Billion in companies identified by AFSC Investigate.
2023 Canada tax subsidized funds to Israel (Schedule T2)
An access request received November 18, 2024, A-2024-187005, indicated that almost $220 million was sent to Israel by Canadian charities in 2023. This is comparable to previous years. Beyond this Mizrachi Canada and the United Israel Appeal sent about $50 M according to T2 Filing but did not include a country code, this this amount would appear to about $270 million with these organizations' included.
Release: Roger Waters challenges McGill President & megadonor’s repression
Roger Waters challenges McGill President & megadonor’s repression
Online rally coincides with two day student strike for Palestine at multiple Quebec universities & colleges
On Thursday, November 21 at 11 EST rock legend Roger Waters will join an online rally on “Students over donor money: the suppression of Palestine solidarity at McGill University and beyond.” The event is a response to McGill recently cancelling the room booking for the UN Special Rapporteur for the occupied Palestinian territories, suspending student club Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights and seeking to have a court ban protest near their buildings.
Release: Anti-war groups to host NATO Counter Summit in MONTREAL
rom November 22nd to 25th, Montreal will host a gathering of hundreds of legislators from NATO member states for its 70th Annual Parliamentary Assembly.
In order to ensure that the inevitable NATO calls for more military spending, increasing animosity towards China and Iran, and escalation of the war in Ukraine are countered by individuals and organizations that advocate for peace, the Canada-Wide Peace and Justice Network [CWPJN], representing 50 peace and social justice organizations across Canada, will be organizing a Counter Summit on Sunday, November 24th - with the support and participation of numerous activists, artists, and organizations from the Montreal area.
The Big Gifters to the Revoked Canadian charities
The recent status revocations of the Jewish National Fund of Canada Inc (JNFC) and Ne’eman Foundation Canada suggest that the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) has blinked first in the face of the International Court of Justice’s July 19, 2024, advisory opinion on the Legal Consequences arising from the Policies and Practices of Israel in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem. The two former charities had been involved for years – the JNFC, notably, since 1967 – in transferring Canadian taxpayer-subsidized charitable donations into the hands of Israeli intermediaries involved in undermining the territorial sovereignty of Palestine, specifically in East Jerusalem and the West Bank.
Students over Donor Money
On November 21 rock legend Roger Waters will be participating in a timely webinar on “Students Over Donor Money: the suppression of Palestine solidarity at McGill University and beyond”
Breaking News: JNF loses court appeal- Canada’s most iconic Zionist charity said it had days to disband
The Jewish National Fund of Canada had its bid to overturn the Canada Revenue Agency’s revocation of its charitable status dismissed by the Federal Court of Canada. The decision bolsters the CRA’s authority to revoke other Israel focused charities violating Canada’s Income Tax Act.
In a 16-page decision released November 8 federal court judge Whyte Nowak rejected the JNF’s application for a judicial review and a request for an injunction to force the CRA to overturn its revocation of the JNF’s charitable status. After 57 years as a registered charity the CRA has given the JNF until November 13 to dispose of tens of millions in assets.
Join Roger Waters in calling on McGill to stop repressing students & divest from genocide
Roger Waters says; Please, leave the kids alone. Professor, please stop banning student groups promoting justice. Please stop asking the courts to suppress anti-genocide protests. And please, please, please, Professor stop ignoring students’ righteous demands that McGill divest from an apartheid state committing a genocide.
Jerusalem Municipality erasure of Palestinians supported by Canadian tax-payers
Registered to Ronnen Harary, the founder of Spin Master Toys and the popular ‘Paw Patrol’ series, the Ronnen Harary Foundation was incorporated in 2021. Operating in association with Harary’s sister foundation, the 1 R32 Foundation, The Ronnen Harary Foundation has exclusively sent millions of dollars in charitable donations to the Jerusalem Municipality.
Release: UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese Joins Civil Society Groups to Present Groundbreaking Report on Canadian Charities Funding Israeli War Crimes
A new report released today by Just Peace Advocates (JPA), Independent Jewish Voices (IJV) Canada and Miles Howe, PhD, reveals that millions of dollars in Canadian charitable donations have been funneled to organizations implicated in supporting illegal Israeli settlements, violent settler groups, and military activities in the occupied Palestinian territories. The report calls on the Canadian government to suspend the charitable status of these organizations, including the Mizrachi Organization of Canada, Jewish Heritage Foundation of Canada, Canada Charity Partners, the Ronnen Harary Foundation and the Heseg Foundation, pending further investigation.
Damning Report on Canadian Charities Funding Israeli War Crimes Against the Palestinian People
Building on the comprehensive work of Just Peace Advocates, including dozens of submissions to the CRA, including in regard to these five specific charities, we are pleased UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese will join a press conference on November 8, 2024.
Release: Criminal appeal to be heard in case of alleged Israeli military recruitment
PRESS RELEASE For immediate distribution November 5, 2024 Criminal appeal to be heard in case of alleged Israeli military recruitment TORONTO – On Thursday, November 7, 2024, the Ontario Court of Appeal will hear arguments in a two-year legal battle centred around allegations involving alleged Israeli military recruitment in Canada. In September 2022, a Justice […]
Tell CRA Magen Herut isn’t charitable
In a sign of its lax attitude towards charities promoting apartheid and genocide, the Canada Revenue Agency granted Magen Herut Canada (MHC) charitable status. With its roots in a pre-state terrorist organization, MHC operates as a vigilante group in Toronto. Please take a minute to ask the CRA to immediately suspend MHC’s ability to grant […]
Who does the United Appeal of Greater Toronto fund
UJA of GT donations A-2024-179099 Response to A-2024-179099 – T1236_119276723RR0001 From 1999 to 2022 Donee BN Donee Organization Gifts Total 108155797RT0001 united jewish welfare fund of toronto $611,561,768.00 134593391RR0001 United Israel Appeal of Canada Inc. $576,343,138.00 881933097RR0001 Sherman Campus $61,573,045.00 119276681RR0001 united israel appeal of canada inc $34,405,083.00 889456448RR0001 Joseph and Wolf Lebovic Jewish Community […]
Who funds Jewish Federations & Foundations in Toronto & Montreal
The following are aggregated donations based on available data from access requests from 1997 to 2023, for the UJAs of Greater Toronto and Montreal , and their associated Foundations, and the United Jewish Appeal of Canada. United Jewish Appeal of Greater Toronto A-2024-179099 Gifts made to 119276723RR0001 Business Number Organization Gifts ($$$) 108155797RR0002 Jewish Foundation […]
South Asian communities call for listing the RSS and its affiliates in Canada as hate groups/far right extremist entities
Release Just Peace Advocate endorsed, and also sent media released its media-release list. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sadacmtl/posts/pfbid02RmthtzyvL3YCRPtBPAE5CxiBTmAc1yBKCxycR7vLJr81WJKJi3eByVyfS5C9T7Ahl Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/DBzLCqHyE3z/ Twitter (X): https://x.com/sadacmtl/status/1851697954815463727
Release: International Court of Justice and UN calls the CRA to revoke Israel charities
November 1, 2024 International Court of Justice and UN calls the CRA to revoke Israel charities On the eve of a multi city tour of Canada of the UN Special Rapporteur Francesa Albanese on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967 the former Canadian Special Rapporteur called on the Canada […]
Le Fonds de solidarité FTQ a investi plus de 169.8 millions de dollars dans les crimes de guerre et potentiellement le génocide
English follows NOTE: we have updated using May 2024 data, and also updated info on the November 2023 data From November 2023 to May 2024, over $25M was added in new companies that are on the AFSC Investigate list. See below. 2023 (Nov) 2024(May) Organization UN or AFSC? # SHARES CDN FMV (‘000s) Organization # […]
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A Canadian based independent human rights organization promoting Just Peace/Paix Juste through the rule of law and respect for human rights in Canada and around the world for the Palestinian people and those that stand in solidarity for the human rights of the Palestinian people. Just Peace Advocates also has a specific focus on the realization of the self-determination of the people of Kashmir.
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