September 5, 2024 original post Canada Palestine Association Vancouver The Giller Prize has dropped Scotiabank from their name, even though they are still their leading sponsor. We are not fooled by these phoney “rebranding” moves. No business as usual @gillerprize while their sponsor ScotiaBank still funds genocide! #ShameonScotiabank This move by Giller Prize does show that the grassroots […]
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Any funding of genocide is too much. We will not rest until Scotiabank divests completely from Israeli war crimes. On June 3, 2023 Vancouver activists held a march and flash action at Scotiabank headquarters, to help launch a national campaign to demand that Scotiabank divest from the Israeli arms maker Elbit Systems. Since then, Scotiabank’s
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Join with people from across Canada and Quebec for a National Day of Action to demand Scotiabank divest from Elbit. The campaign began by the Canadian BDS Coalition and International BDS Allies has grown and been adopted by activists across Canada and beyond. Let us know if you are planning an action, and
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Shamefully, Aga Khan Museum has partnered with Scotiabank/Scotia Wealth Management in the 2024 Contact Photography Festival. Beyond this Aga Khan is listed as the first in a list of core venues! Aga Khan Museum is hosting an exhibition through to June 9, 2024. It started May 1st. The Aga Khan Museum can’t even say
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‘ SCOTIA Nous sommes réunis ici aujourd’hui pour dénoncer le manque d’éthique de la Banque Scotia. Cette banque détient des investissements de 500 millions de dollars dans la compagnie Elbit Systems, la plus grande compagnie d’armement israélienne. Ces investissements font de la banque Scotia le plus grand investisseur étranger dans cette entreprise israélienne.
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The CDPQ December 31, 2023 year-end report includes over $14 billion of investments in companies complicit with Israeli war crimes and genocide. This represents just over 3 percent of the CDPQ total holdings of $434 billion. The CDPQ had investments totaling $1.5 billion in seven companies listed in the United Nations database of companies engaged in certain Israeli settlement
Le rapport de fin d’année de la CDPQ au 31 décembre 2023 comprend plus de 14 milliards de dollars d’investissements dans des entreprises complices de crimes de guerre et de génocide israéliens. Cela représente un peu plus de 3 % du total des avoirs de la CDPQ, qui s’élève à 434 milliards de dollars. Le CDPQ a
Fossil Fools Day is coming up on April 6th: join actions across the country targeting RBC to divest from the CGL pipeline violating Wet’suwet’en rights and companies arming Israel, such as Palantir. If you’re near Toronto, join the rally targeting RBC’s AGM on April 11th—stand in solidarity with the Indigenous delegation attending! Find these events and rsvp here: https://you.leadnow.ca/calendars/fossil-fools-day The
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On March 15, activists in Canada came out in a coordinated campaign to demand that Scotiabank and its global asset fund divest completely from Elbit Systems. At 28+ different branch locations, from Toronto and Peterborough to Courtney and Nanaimo, from St. Catharines and Regina to multiple locations around the lower mainland of BC, there were protests and pickets to
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Original post by the Canada Palestine Association, member group of the Canadian BDS Coalition. On March 15, activists will hold Scotiabank to account for its $500 million investment in Israeli arms company Elbit Systems. Scotiabank’s asset fund is the largest foreign investor in Elbit, and is thus directly complicit in profiting off Palestinian death and suffering. Already,