News and Updates
Just Peace Advocates joins the call to Free Walid Daqqah!
Just Peace Advocates along with many other groups and individuals joined the Palestinian Youth Movement call on international actors to demand the immediate release of Walid Daqqah.
Armed Drones Killing in Palestine! Armed drones purchase underway in Canada!
With Israel’s first ever weaponized drone strike in the Palestinian West Bank in June 2023 killing 3 Palestinians, including a 15-year-old boy, and the recent use of armed drone strikes in Jenin, we call for no armed drones in Canada, no armed drones...
500+ individuals & 25+ organizations sign letter to say: Prime Minister Trudeau, “No” to a second extradition for Hassan Diab
June 26, 2023: Since the original letter written by Michelle Weinroth, and endorsed by Just Peace Advocates, was delivered to Prime Minister Trudeau 10 days ago with 116 individuals including Michael Lynk, Chris Hedges, and others, there are now over...
Release: Despite Cancelling Attempts, Dimitri Lascaris’ Canada-wide Tour for Peace Continues
The Canada-Wide Peace and Justice Network (CWPJN) is pleased to announce that, despite unsuccessful attempts to cancel and deplatform the Canada-wide Tour For Peace of Dimitri Lascaris, his in-person tour will continue over the next two weeks in six cities...
CPPIB continues to hold over $10.B in companies complicit with Israeli war crimes.
Despite a promise in 2021 to review its portfolio for companies complicit with war crimes, CPPIB has failed to do so. CPPIB continues to be invested in seven companies that are on the UN database as complicit with breaking international...
Tell Scotiabank to Divest Now from Elbit Systems
In October 2022, Scotiabank’s asset fund put $500 million into the Israeli arms company Elbit Systems Ltd, which amounts to 5% of the company. This also made them the largest foreign investor in a company that profits off Palestinian death.
Prime Minister Trudeau: Say “No” to a second extradition for Hassan Diab!
Mr. Trudeau, your remarks regarding the case of Hassan Diab – that Canada will always stand up for its citizens – yields hope, and the possibility that your words signal a salutary change in the Extradition Act—a defective law that is largely responsible for Dr....
Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec sheds Israeli police training but still invests $12.5 Billion of Quebec pensioners money in Israeli war crimes
Katz, PAJU’s co-president, added. “However, while the sell-off by Allied Universal is welcome news, there are still over 90 companies in the CDPQ portfolio that have been documented to be complicit with Israeli war crimes. So the real question is,...
La Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec abandonne la formation de la police israélienne, mais investit tout de même 12,5 milliards de dollars de l’argent des retraités québécois dans les crimes de guerre israéliens
Le 1er juin 2023, il a été rapporté qu'Allied Universal avait mis fin à sa complicité avec les crimes de guerre israéliens en raison d'une position ferme prise par la Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ). En particulier,...
Release: Dimitri Lascaris’ Canada-Wide Speaking Tour
The Canada-Wide Peace and Justice Network (CWPJN) is pleased to announce that it has organized a Canada-wide speaking tour for citizen-diplomat Dimitri Lascaris to report back to Canadians about his recent mission of peace to Russia. The title of the...