News and Updates
Details about Mizrachi Canada’s Funding of Israeli war crimes
Based on the list filed in 2022, an assessment was possible with full data to determine over $644.3 thousands of tax-subsidized funds went to 28 Israeli settlements, with additional funds going to entities that support the Israeli military, that block...
CPPIB investment in war crimes and potentially genocide increases to over $16 B in 2024
The Canada Pension Plan March 31, 2024 year end report indicates $16 billion, up for $10 billion in 2023, invested in war crimes and potentially genocide. The addition of companies such as Chevron, Lockheed Martin and Palantir are concerning....
RELEASE: As Rafah burns, hundreds confront military and weapons company representatives at CANSEC arms fair in Ottawa
Ottawa -- A large protest is blocking the entrances to CANSEC, North America's biggest weapons and military convention. Hundreds of demonstrators are confronting representatives of Israeli and Canadian militaries and weapons companies over their complicity in the killing of more...
Institutions, investment and Palestinian human rights webinar, with focus on CDPQ & WSP, and pensions
Karen Rodman of Just Peace Advocates/the Canadian BDS Coalition & International BDS Allies participated in the RRSE and CISO webinar Institutions, Investment and Palestinian Human Rights on May 15. The webinar described that “This moment gave rise to rich exchanges...
Stop $1.5 billion to criminal state: CRA must investigate United Israel Appeal of Canada
On May 24, 2023, the international Court of Justice demanded Israel “immediately halt” its onslaught on Rafah and the chief prosecutor at the International Criminal Court announced that he’d seek warrants to arrest Israel’s PM and defence minister. Still, all...
$237.5 Million reported tax-payers subsidized fund to entities in Israel
According to an ATIP received by Just Peace Advocates from CRA in May 2023 In 2022, over 650 entities in Israel received more than $237.5 million from 190 Canadian charities. This is based on reported amounts to CRA on Schedule 2
Two Way Arms Embargo
Just Peace Advocates as one of the initiators of the original call for a two way embargo that saw over 80 organizations join several years ago, we are pleased to continue to support the call for a two-way arms embargo,...
Reconciling the Words and Action: Canada’s Foreign Policy Regarding Palestine
originally published https://nontheis.wordpress.com/category/anti-zionism-is-a-worldview/
Historic and Current Settler-Colonialism Through a Theological Lens
Rev. Karen Rodman December 2018 The discrepancy between Canada’s stated foreign affairs policy regarding Palestine and the actual implementation of that policy can perhaps be understood through deep rooted theological and constitutive...
Just Peace Advocates Stands in Solidarity with Students’ Call for Divestment
Just Peace Advocates stands in solidarity with the courageous students around the world, and those close to home, whose peaceful encampments, spirited rallies, and inspiring protests are focused on the demand that their universities divest from Israeli war crimes.
Key stakeholders call for withdrawal of controversial AI legislation
nearly 60 leading civil society organizations, corporations, experts and academics released an open letter to Innovation, Science and Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne, calling for the Artificial Intelligence and Data Act (AIDA) to be withdrawn and given a full public consultation. AIDA...