News and Updates
Just Peace Advocates leadership on Parliamentary Petitions in 2022
Just Peace Advocates led the drafting and obtaining of sponsors for three parliamentary petitions during 2022, as well as helped with several others. Resulted in more than 20K engagement.
2022 Just Peace Advocates letter writing: 38 actions, 105K actions reach 2.5M mailboxes
During 2022, Just Peace Advocates sponsored 38 letter writing campaigns, with over 105,000 actions reaching about 2.5 million mailboxes. These included letters to elected Canadian officials, Canadian diplomats, media, the RCMP, the Canadian Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB), the Quebec pension...
Year in the News: 2022 News Releases from Just Peace Advocates
During 2022, working with dozens of organizations across Canada, Just Peace Advocates put out press release that do not make the mainstream media, but on occassion the mainstream media do pick up on!
30+ groups tell the Canada Revenue Agency that colonialism is not charity
Over 30 organizations have joined a campaign to tell the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) a campaign to tell the Canada Revenue Agency that colonialism is not charity.
Release: Israel has deported Palestinian lawyer to France, a move that constitutes a war crime
Today, Sunday, 18 December, the Israeli settler-colonial authorities are unlawfully deporting French-Palestinian lawyer and human rights defender Salah Hammouri from his hometown, Jerusalem, to France for “breach of allegiance” to the occupying state. Such a move constitutes a war crime under international...
Urgent Appeal to Commercial Airlines: Avoid Assisting in the Forcible Deportation & Transfer of Human Rights Defender Salah Hamouri
Israel has recently announced it will imminently deport Palestinian human rights defender Salah Hamouri, an act that could be a serious violation of international law. We, the undersigned human rights organizations, call on commercial airlines to do everything in their...
Foreign “settler colonial NGO”, founded by “proud homophobe”, receiving Canadian subsidies
“Canadian taxpayers shouldn’t be giving a penny to subsidize this violent settler colonialist organization” noted Rabbi David Mivasair. “The Canada Revenue Agency must audit Mizrachi Canada and immediately halt it from granting tax receipts to Regavim’s donors.”
Media Release: Leader of Haitian terrorist organization is unwelcome in Montreal
Solidarité Québec Haiti and allies point out that the Parti Haitien Tèt Kale (PHTK) of former illegal President Michel Martelly is a terrorist organization of which any current and past leader, minister or accomplice is considered collectively and individually...
Kick Out Apartheid
An update on the campaign to have FIFA Suspend apartheid, and associated campaigns with federations and national teams. On May 30, the "FIFA: Suspend Israel Apartheid" was launched with a webinar. Juventus and Atletico Madrid cancelled their matches in Tel Aviv in...
Canada Pension Plan funds war, war crimes and fossil fuels
While the CPPIB claims to be dedicated to the best interests of CPPIB contributors and beneficiaries, it would seem based on the recent meeting that the CPPIB is extremely disconnected from the public and operates as a professional investment organization...