 The following is a report on the work of the Canadian BDS Coalition during 2023. 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 in Canada that support the call for boycott, divestment and sanctions in …
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Take a moment and send a letter to the Ottawa Jazz Festival. Let them know it is not cool to be used in the apartheid state’s art-washing program. Write a letter In 2018, the Ottawa Jazz Festival (OJF) accepted programming sponsorship from the apartheid state of Israel embassy in Ottawa. Despite widespread criticism at the time, the OJF …
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Close to 200 people have committed to check their local retailers across Canada and beyond, and to let any retailers know that if they are carrying Israeli apartheid medjoul this Ramadan, that is haram. People from Saskatoon, London, Montreal, Nepean, Calgary, Toronto, Edmonton, Elora, Mississauga, Ottawa, St. Anthony, Courtney, Guelph, Holland’s Landing, Kelowna, Halifax, …
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September 11, 2022 at 6:53 PM · After the dismal performance of Israel Premier Tech at the Montréal Grand Prix cycliste, we found Sylvan Adams wandering the streets in dismay pondering the existential question whether Israeli Apartheid will follow suite… in losing… The truth is that Palestine will win! Racist apartheid supporters like Adams can run. But …
Congratulations to Solidarity with Palestine – St. John’s, a member of the Canadian BDS Coalition, who recently put ads on 3 Metrobuses covering routes in St. John’s and Mount Pearl denouncing apartheid practices of the Israeli government. The local human rights group joins several international human rights organizations in concluding Israel is committing the crime of apartheid against Palestinians, and urging people to take action.
Africa4Palestine has joined in the Canadian BDS Coalition Call along with Dozens of artists and organizations from around the world to say say #BiebsStay4Justice
The 2022 CPPIB Year-end results show increased public pension investment in Israeli war crimes CPPIB had $524M (up from $513M in 2021) invested in 11 companies of the 112 companies listed on the UN Database as complicit with violations of international law. Investments in WSP, the Canadian headquartered company providing leadership to the Jerusalem Light …
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From the European Legal Support Center: On 5 May 2022, The French Court of Appeal of Lyon confirmed the acquittal of Olivia Zémor, issued last year by a French criminal court in Lyon (Tribunal Correctionnel de Lyon) on 18 May 2021. This decision is another recognition of the legitimacy of the BDS (Boycott-Divestment-Sanctions) call. Olivia …
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Israel has violated the principles of FIFA in a variety of ways that would normally warrant disciplinary actions and even a suspension of its membership. However, the politics of FIFA have prevented the organization in the past from taking such action. Its internal by-laws have even been amended to make it more difficult for the …
The Canadian BDS Coalition joins with over 50 Canadian and international organizations endorsing this statement, as well as numerous individuals including Roger Waters. Write letter yourself The Canada Palestine Association initiated this statement, which the Canadian BDS Coalition has joined in signing. Today, we are witnessing an intensified campaign by the pro-Israel lobby in Canada …
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