Billions of our public pensions invested in Israeli war crimes


Eight public sector pensions, one in BC and five in Ontario, one in Alberta and the Federal Public Pension have over $350 millions dollars invested in companies that then UN has indicated are complicit with supporting illegal Israeli settlements (war crimes) and over $3.3 billion in total invested in companies complicit with war crimes and arming Israel.

These combine with more than almost $32B of investments by the CPPIB and CDPQ in companies complicit with war crimes, occupation, arming Israel, and perhaps genocide. Together this is about $35 billion of investments that are complicit with supporting war crimes and support for the arming of Israel.

In millions Canadian

PensionUN listIn total
BCI (BC)141.5532.8
IMCO (Ontario)38.495.0
OTPP (Ontario)14.7643.2
HOOPP (Ontario)32.7380.5
OMERS (Ontario)0461.5
PSP (Federal)10.3635
AIMC (Alberta)14.3491
University Pension (Ontario) note: provides ranges, use the lowest in the total below5-10115-250
TOTAL       $357       $3.354

BCI has investments of $141,498,385 in five companies listed in the UN database being complicit with illegal Israel settlements (war crimes). In addition BCI has $391,311,873 invested in 13 companies identified by AFSC Investigate, one by World BEYOND War and one by the Canadian BDS Coalition & listed by Who Profits. Many of these companies are arms companies also listed in the “Canada Stop Arming Israel” campaign, companies such as L3 Harris, Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman. In total BCI has investments of $532.8 M in 18 companies complicit with support of war crimes, occupation and even perhaps genocide.

IMCO is invested in three companies on the UN database worth $38,429,350; these companies are complicit with war crimes. In addition, IMCO has investments in ten companies worth $60,688,435 which are identified by AFSC Investigate as complicit with illegal occupation. This results in a total investment of $95 Million complicit with war crimes.

OTPP has $14,708,522 invested in four companies on the UN database. In addition, OTPP has $628,508,625 invested in more than a dozen companies identified by AFSC Investigate and World BEYOND War as complicit in occupation and/or arming Israel. In total this is an investment of over $643.2 Million in war crimes, arming Israel and perhaps even genocide.

HOOPP has $32,738,343.00 invested in two companies listed on the UN database, and $347,842,808 invested in 14 companies identified by AFSC Investigate. In total HOOPP has $380.5 million invested in companies that are complicit with war crimes, arming Israel or even genocide.

OMERS has investments of $461,491,037 in three companies, Alphabet, Chevron and Honeywell, the first two are identified by AFSC Investigate, and the latter by World BEYOND War.

CPPIB has $16.7 B invested in war crimes.

$14.2 Billion invested by CDPQ in war crimes.