News and Updates
Press Release: Union and civil society groups are demanding that the CDPQ withdraw $26.4 billion from companies complicit in Israel’s crimes in Palestine
Tiohtià:ke/Mooniyang/Montréal, Thursday, June 18, 2026 – The Quebec Coalition URGENCE Palestine and Just Peace Advocates/Mouvement pour une paix juste (JPA) are today releasing their comprehensive analysis of the 2025 annual report of the Caisse de dépôt et placement...
Joint Letter to Minister Anand and Minister Sidhu on Banning Canadian Trade with Israel’s Illegal Settlements
June 17, 2026 Dear Honourable Ministers, We, the undersigned humanitarian and human rights organizations, write to urge you to ban all trade and business between Canada and Israel's illegal settlements, as necessary for Canada to comply with international law. In a landmark <a href="https://www.icj-cij.org/sites/default/files/case-related/186/186-20240719-adv-01-00-en.pdf" ...
India: A public call to end Khurram Parvez’ arbitrary detention
On 18 June 2026, ahead of Khurram Parvez's birthday, the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), in the framework of the Observatory for the protection of human rights defenders, published a solidarity statement calling on his release, signed by 92...
Why are Canadians funding the Israeli government?
On 16 June 2026, Raffy Boudjikanian at CBC News released a report that the World Zionist Organization was included on a draft list of sanctions, but was ultimately removed. As part of the Global Sanctions Coalition,...
Canada sanctions Israeli organizations, but we need them to sanction ISRAEL now
Today (9 June 2026), Canada announced new sanctions on two individuals and five entities who are “directly or indirectly facilitating, supporting, providing funding for or contributing to the use of violence by Israeli extremist settlers against Palestinian civilians or...
Canadian charity Ohr Somayach funds forced displacement in Sheikh Jarrah
Recently reported by Charlotte Ritz-Jack at Jewish Currents Ohr Somayach is a yeshiva (traditional Jewish educational institution) founded in East Jerusalem in 1972 by a group of American educators. It received significant financial and technical support from Joseph Tanenbaum...
Climate Solutions Prize Leadership Says Its Being Transparent, But the Evidence Says Otherwise
The Climate Solutions Prize (CSP) is currently attempting to shift the narrative around the organization and its associations. CSP sent a message to its speakers, supporters, partners, judges, sponsors, and advisors. They stated that “transparency and open dialogue are important.”...
26 years and 4 audits later, the David Hofstedter Family Foundation loses its charitable status
On May 9, 2026 the CRA announced the revocation of the Everlight Charitable Foundation, formerly known as the David Hofstedter Family Foundation (we will refer to it as Everlight throughout this article for simplicity). The CRA...
A Small Win, But More Needs to Be Done by the David Suzuki Foundation
On May 27, we released a call to action: Tell David Suzuki and the Suzuki Foundation to Stop Greenwashing Israel's Crimes. Suzuki was scheduled to speak at the Climate Solutions Prize (CSP) Festival in Montreal, happening June 8-9,...
Join David Suzuki and withdraw from the Climate Solutions Prize Festival
Congratulations to everyone who emailed and to David Suzuki for withdrawing from a forum established by the racist Jewish National Fund. Please email other participants in the event to press them to withdraw from an upcoming Zionist greenwashing Climate Solutions...