News and Updates
MPs / Candidates Condemn Israel’s Killing and Detention of Palestinian Children
Editors note: This post was originally published on March 20, 2025. However, with the call of the election, it is being updated regularly to include new statements from MP candidates. Prior to the election call, 13 MPs had endorsed the...
Release: Bureau de Guilbeault occupé/Guilbeault’s office occupied
“As environment minister Steven Guilbeault was repeatedly asked to condemn Israel’s killing and ecological destruction in Gaza,” explained Rose Marie Whalley, a campaigner. “The longtime environmental activist has refused.”
Ask your MP candidates to endorse the Protect Palestinian Children Now campaign
As of our latest update (April 10), a total of 107 MP candidates across all 10 provinces have endorsed the Protect Palestinian Children Now campaign. In addition to endorsing the campaign, some candidates have provided additional...
Release: Bureau de Joly occupé/foreign minister’s office occupied
Activists are currently occupying foreign affairs minister Melanie Joly’s election campaign office to demand she block a Montreal firm’s large arm sale to Israel. Protesters plan to stay until Joly announces cancelation of $79 million artillery propellant sale recently uncovered...
It’s Time to Vote Kashmir, 2025
Français ci-dessous Join the growing movement of individuals and organizations who have endorsed the Vote Kashmir campaign, which calls for a human rights based approach on Canada’s policies on self-determination for Kashmir. Our grassroots campaign will ensure that political parties...
So far, 62 Candidates Support the Protect Palestinian Children Campaign
The Protect Palestinian Children Now (PPCN) campaign was launched in December 2024, as a follow-up to Defense for Palestinian Children International’s (DCPI) No Way to Treat a Child 2018 campaign. Between December...
No officer exchanges with Trump’s USA
As part of the campaign against Canada's military assisting the US war machine, we call on Defence Minister Bill Blair to pause officer exchanges with Trump’s USA. Canadian soldiers should not remain on exchanges in the US so long as...
Release: Canada Must Investigate Canadians who Served in the IDF
Since he was appointed Friday more than 3000 individuals have written to Canada’s new attorney general/justice minister Gary Anandasangaree to ask him to investigate Canadians who may have violated Canada’s Crimes Against Humanity and War Crimes Act and Foreign Enlistment Act.
Israel’s Assault on Gaza Must be Stopped Immediately! Take Action Canada!
During the night of March 18, 2025, Israel killed more than 450 Palestinians, including over 150 children, while they slept amidst the rubble, victims of relentless bombardment. Harrowing images emerging from Gaza show the lifeless bodies of infants, children, women,...
Release: Pressure grows on Carney to cancel F-35 contract
Portugal’s decision to abandon its F-35 purchase adds to mounting pressure on new Prime Minister Mark Carney to cancel Canada’s fighter jet deal with Lockheed Martin. “Amidst Donald Trump's economic siege and annexationist threats, it is outrageous Canada is paying...