The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board continues to hold $10+ B in companies complicit with Israeli war crimes. CLICK HERE TO SEND YOUR LETTER. Take one minute to write a letter to Canada Pension Plan Investment Board Chair & CEO to say no to our public pension funds supporting Israeli war crimes. Despite a promise […]
The Canadian BDS Coalition is pleased to join the campaign to let Scotiabank know that we are not going to sit idly by while they invest in Israeli war crimes. Write a letter In October 2022, Scotiabank’s asset fund put $500 million into the Israeli arms company Elbit Systems Ltd, which amounts to 5%
Congrats to Coalition member, Palestinian Solidarity Committee Saint John for their Palestine Solidarity Voices Podcast. Check out their two-part interview with Hanna Kawas, chair of the Coalition member, Canada Palestine Association. Learn about the long history of boycott going back to 1948. In this episode, we are thrilled to have the opportunity to
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Le français suit Immediate release June 12, 2023 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 On June 1, 2023, it was reported that Allied Universal had ended its complicity with Israeli war crimes due to a strong
From Coalition member, Canada Palestine Association: Recently, Lululemon opened its first store in Israel and apparently has plans to open seven more. Zionists seem to be excited, and even the Israeli consulate general in Toronto posted about the opening. It would seem nothing dresses up apartheid like yoga leggings! The Coalition joins in a
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Vancouver picket/flash action: Freedom for Walid Daqqah and Scotiabank #ShutElbitDown Congrats to Canada Palestine Association, Samidoun, BDS Vancouver-Coast Salish and others for the great actions on June 3 in Vancouver. Activists from local solidarity groups gathered at CBC to call for freedom for Walid Daqqah and all Palestinian prisoners. Then, they held a march and
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The Canadian BDS Coalition congratulates CUPE Manitoba @CUPEMB on endorsing the BDS Resolution unanimously. At the May 17-19 convention of CUPE Manitoba, the membership voted to adopt a resolution that calls on the division to support the BDS Campaign to end the oppression of Palestinians. The resolution was put forward by the “Contracting Out &
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Read in English. Le rapport de fin d’année du 31 décembre 2022 de la CDPQ est sorti et montre des investissements de 2,4 milliards de dollars et plus dans une douzaine d’entreprises (contre 10 par rapport à l’année dernière) répertoriées dans la base de données des Nations Unies comme complices de crimes de guerre. Ceux-ci
Read in french The CDPQ December 31, 2022, year-end report is out and shows $2.4+B investments in a dozen companies (up from 10 from last year) that are listed on the UN Data base as complicit with war crimes. These combine with $10 B in other companies complicit with Israeli war crimes, including $3.5B in
Nakba75 events from coast to coast Vancouver Saint John: On the 13th May, the PSCSJ gathered to march through town, chanting and handing out flyers, before arriving at city hall to rally in commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the