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Canadian BDS Coalition submission to the United Church of Canada Taskforce on Palestine

Canadian BDS Coalition …working together to promote justice for Palestinians. www.bdscoalition.ca bdscoalition@gmail.com March 15, 2020 Dear Rev Dr Martha Ter Kuile and Task Force members: We in the Canadian BDS Coalition were pleased to learn that the United Church of Canada is reviewing the appropriateness of your existing policy, UCC Policy on Palestine and Israel […]

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BDS discussion in Kingston Ontario

The Canadian BDS Coalition & International BDS Allies were pleased to join a Coalition of organizations supporting Palestine in Kingston for Nakba 2024.   Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions Campaign Discussion – Karen Rodman – YouTube   The text as shared by Karen Rodman. I am very pleased to join you, and share a little about

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The Coalition joins 105 Organizations Submission on Montreal Based WSP’s Illegal Settlement Enterprise to UN Database

The Canadian BDS Coalition joined with over 100 organizations, many of them across Canada, as well as around the globe, to the newly appointed UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, calling for WSP Global Inc. (WSP), a Canadian company, to be included to the UN database of businesses operating in illegal Israeli settlements

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Boycott List of Shame

At the Canadian BDS Coalition, one of the questions we receive most frequently is: “Which products and businesses should we boycott? Which businesses should we support, if we want to support Palestinian rights and liberation?” Of course, the campaign for boycott, divestment and sanctions isn’t just about individual consumer choices — it’s about building collective

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Anti-Racist groups speak out on “online harms” proposed legislation

The Canadian BDS Coalition signed on with dozens of anti-racist and human rights groups across Canada in a joint statement warning of the dangers to freedom of expression and racialized communities presented by the Canadian government’s “online harms” proposed legislation. As the statement notes, “as currently formulated, it risks exacerbating the existing, well-documented pattern of

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#NoIsraeliArms4Canada

The Canadian government is moving nearer to obtaining armed drones, worth $5 billion of Canadian taxpayer dollars.
Let Ministers of transport and procurmenet know we call on them to cancel the procurement process for an estimated $5 B contract for armed surveillance drones;
cancel the contract with Elbit Systems for Arctic surveillance drones;
prohibit ZIM ships from accessing Canadian ports; and
end all trade in weapons with Israel through a two-way arms embargo and ending military-security cooperation with Israel.

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Guide for Canada of Economic Boycott

What can I do? Economic Boycott. BDS  Economic Boycott Speaking with your economic buying power–an age old tactic The BDS movement is building an economic boycott of Israel and developing effective campaigns against companies that participate in Israel’s oppression of Palestinians. International companies aid and abet Israel’s violations of international law, including by operating in

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Winnipeg Commemorates Nakba71 as part of cross-Canada call

Note: the change of date and time The film 1948: Creation and Catastrophe will screen SATURDAY, MAY 18 at Cinematheque, 100 Arthur St, Winnipeg at 11:30 am. See the Trailer HERE Endorsed by: Independent Jewish Voices-Winnipeg, Peace Alliance Winnipeg, Canadian Palestine Support Network Manitoba, Winnipeg  Coalition Against Israeli Apartheid, Mennonite Central Committee-Manitoba, Mennonite Church Manitoba

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