Canadian BDS Coalition 2021 Report The Canadian BDS Coalition 5 Years and Counting The following is a report on the work of the Canadian BDS Coalition during 2021. Our 20+ member organizations include country-wide, regional and local groups from Newfoundland to Vancouver Island. The Canadian BDS Coalition was formed in 2016 to bring together organizations […]
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December 2021 The Canadian BDS Coalition stands in solidarity with Palestinian prisoners, supporting campaigns of Samidoun such as Take Action: Defend Palestinian Women Prisoners Under Attack 20 December 2021 Over the last few weeks, almost 6,000 people have taken time to write to Prime Minister Trudeau and Global Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly with a copy
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Take one minute and write to RBC officials, President McKay, CFO Ahn, Chair Taylor. Write letter HERE. Stand in solidarity with the Gidimt’en Checkpoint call for the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) to defund Coastal GasLink. Let RBC know that we continue to insist they break relations with Palantir. Over the last month,
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Speak out for Justice! SEND LETTER: https://bit.ly/canadapal Trifecta of anti-Palestinian racism from diplomats Wettlaufer and Stadelbauer, and Minister Joly Take one minute to write to Prime Minister Trudeau, Head of Mission in Ramallah Wettlaufer, Ambassador Stadelbauer in Tel Aviv, and Foreign Affairs Minister Joly. Let them know that their anti-Palestinian behaviour is not acceptable. Write
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BC Government: Stop Profiting off Israeli War Crimes The Canadian BDS Coalition joins with the Canada Palestine Association in this campaign. As well as a number of Coalition member groups have joined directly. There were over 25 diverse organizations who came together to tell the BC Government to stop profiting off Israeli war crimes. The
The Canadian BDS Coalition stands in strong solidarity with the Wet’suwet’en people’s struggle to defend their territory from Canadian settler colonialism and the Coastal GasLink pipeline. The Coalition denounces what is the reflection of Canada’s own apartheid system. The Indian Act of 1876 is not only the centrepiece of Canadian colonial policy towards Indigenous peoples, but it
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For 13+ years Vancouver has been leading the way with the “Don’t Drink with Apartheid.” Read more below in an article written by Marion Kawas in Mayadeen English. Read more on the Canada Palestine Association website. Canada Palestine Association is a founding member of the Canadian BDS Coalition. The Coalition supports #BoycottIsraeliWines. Don’t Drink with
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Demand that CPPIB Divest #CPPdivest. The 2021 CPPIB Annual Report showed increased investments in Israeli war crimes with at least 10 companies identified by the UN as complicit in war crimes. Note: CPPIB did divest from General Mills in 2021 but won’t confirm details. Write letter November 2021 onwards Join a trend: Over 2K letters
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In September 2021, Puma Canada and North America received over 1,000 individual letters, along with a registered letter from the organizations supporting “Canadians calling on Puma to end its sponsorship of the Israel Football Association.” Several pickets were held in Vancouver in recent weeks.
It seems perhaps Puma is on th defensive wishing to try to explain away it involvement with the Israeli National Teams.
Palantir provides their Artificial Intelligence (AI) predictive system to Israeli security forces, to identify people in occupied Palestine.
The Royal Bank of Canada has over 2 M shares valued at over $56 M USD in Palantir holdings. This relationship flies in the face of the recently offered option of a market-linked guaranteed investment certificate based upon environmental, social, and governance investigations which preclude investments in divisive and dangerous elements of society.
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