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Release: Protests across Canada mark 8 years of Saudi-led war in Yemen, demand Canada end arms deals with Saudi Arabia 

From March 25-27, the Yemeni community and peace groups are marking 8 years of the brutal Saudi-led intervention in the war in Yemen by holding coordinated actions across Canada. The war in Yemen has killed an estimated 377,000 people...


Join Dimitri Lascaris in advance of his mission of peace to Russia

Lascaris, a leading Canadian peace activist, is planning to embark upon a mission of peace to Russia for the month of April 2023. He would like to explain to Canadians from coast to coast to coast why he is...


Release: Canadians must not subsidize anti-Palestinian pogroms 

Recently a formal complaint was submitted to the Canada Revenue Agency regarding Mizrachi Canada providing tax credits for donations to Kedumim, an illegal Israeli settlement in the occupied West Bank. Kedumim is populated by violent extremists who frequently attack...


Media Release: End The Siege Campaign/Toronto action Saturday, March 4

The End The Siege Campaign launches its first international action this Saturday, March 4th, 2023, in a series of synchronous protests in Jordan,  Palestine, Egypt, Yemen, Tunisia, Canada, Morocco, Lebanon, UK, Slovakia, Ireland, and Germany. The event in Canada...


Release: Canadians rally for an end to the war in Ukraine in weekend of action

The Canada-Wide Peace and Justice Network (CWPJN) member groups will be holding actions across the country calling for an end to the war in Ukraine from February 23-February 26. The “Peace Now! Stop the War, Stop NATO” rallies will...


Immediate release: No Canadian military to Haiti

Yesterday (February 16) Justin Trudeau said Canada would deploy two naval vessels to Haiti. Canada’s Prime Minister made the announcement at a CARICOM summit he attended to press Caribbean nations to deploy forces on a US promoted mission to Haiti.


Release: Rallies planned across the country to call on Trudeau government to drop the F-35 deal

Actions are being planned across the country this weekend to call on the Trudeau government to cancel its procurement of 16 Lockheed Martin F-35 joint strike fighters for $7 billion. The Canadian Press reported before Christmas that the...


Year in the News: 2022 News Releases from Just Peace Advocates

During 2022, working with dozens of organizations across Canada, Just Peace Advocates put out press release that do not make the mainstream media, but on occassion the mainstream media do pick up on!


Release: Israel has deported Palestinian lawyer to France, a move that constitutes a war crime

Today, Sunday, 18 December, the Israeli settler-colonial authorities are unlawfully deporting French-Palestinian lawyer and human rights defender Salah Hammouri from his hometown, Jerusalem, to France for “breach of allegiance” to the occupying state. Such a move constitutes a war crime under...


Foreign “settler colonial NGO”, founded by “proud homophobe”, receiving Canadian subsidies 

 “Canadian taxpayers shouldn’t be giving a penny to subsidize this violent settler colonialist organization” noted Rabbi David Mivasair. “The Canada Revenue Agency must audit Mizrachi Canada and immediately halt it from granting tax receipts to Regavim’s donors.”