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OTPP Investments in companies that are complicit with international law violations
Total for the investments listed on the UN database as well as these others verified by AFSC Investigate and other sources is $642.7 M Million. We note this is less than .5% of the OTPP portfolio so would expect that...
IMCO: Investments in companies deemed to be violating international law
Total for these investments listed by the UN and also by AFSC Investigate is $95 Million. This would seem to be about one percent of the IMCO portfolio, so would seem reasonable to divest from quickly.
HOOPP: Investments in companies in complicity with international law violations
Total for these investments on the UN database and/or identified through AFSC Investigate is $380.5 million. This would be less than 1/3 of a percent of the total $100+B HOOPS portfolio so we would expect you would be able to...
OMERS: Investments in companies that have complicity with international law violations
While OMERS does not have investments in UN database listed companies, other companies complicit with Israeli war crimes and apartheid amount to a total investments is $461.5 Million.
TRUDEAU: Stop bombing Yemen! Canada, Out of the Red Sea!
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has done a grave disservice to Canadians and Canada’s long-term national interests by joining the US and UK-led Operation Prosperity Guardian in the Red Sea. This latest imperial military adventure is illegal because it lacks the...
Jagmeet Singh smears anti-genocide protesters
Jagmeet's post on X that “Mount Sinai Hospital was targeted because of its ties to the Jewish community” is absolutely baseless. In fact, Singh's statement perpetuates anti-Palestinian racism as it distracts from the 1.5 million desperate people Israel is currently...
Immediate release: Trudeau Envoy supported fired Minister after racist outburst
Amidst a chorus of voices decrying BC Post-Secondary Education minister Selina Robinson’s anti-Palestinian racism she was forced from cabinet yesterday. Ignored in the controversy is the implication of the government’s Special Envoy on Combating Antisemitism Deborah Lyons.
Global Rally Against Complicity in Gaza Genocide
The global rally was a response to Canada and other governments' unconscionable decision to defund the UN aid agency for Palestinians (UNRWA) immediately after the International Court of Justice ruled that Israel is plausibly committing genocide, including through deprivation of...
From Turtle Island to Kashmir to Palestine: Settler Colonialism is a Crime
The roundtable addressed the legal frameworks providing parallels and distinctions between settler colonial projects in Palestine, Kashmir, and Turtle Island. It aims to demonstrate how the Indian, Israeli, Canadian, and US governments build on each other's actions to reinforce their...