News and Updates
What is the CPPIB really up to?
The Canadian Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) manages a large and rapidly growing fund. The CPPIB however is accountable first and foremost to the federal and provincial governments, not the contributors and beneficiaries. Over the years, the CPPIB has moved...
Remembering 1967
June 5, 1967 was the first day of the Six-Day War, when Israel attacked its Arab neighbors, destroyed their airforces and armies, and proceeded to capture the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, Gaza, the Golan Heights (from Syria), and the...
CPPIB Invests at least 7 percent of our public pension 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 international law. Investments in WSP, the Canadian headquartered company providing leadership to the Jerusalem Light Rail was...
#JusticeforSalah
Salah Hammouri’s case illustrates the Israeli authorities’ apartheid regime, including the widespread and systematic practice of illegal deportation and demographic manipulation, as manifested through its laws, policies, and practices, to maintain an institutionalized regime of domination and oppression over the Palestinian...
Press Release: Hundreds protest, block entrances to North America’s largest weapons fair
Hundreds of people have blocked access to the opening of CANSEC, North America's largest weapons and "defense industry" convention at the EY Centre in Ottawa. 40 foot banners saying "Blood On Your Hands," "Stop Profiting From War," and "Arms Dealers...
FIFA: Suspend Apartheid Israel
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...
Press Release: Trudeau shoots Canadians in the foot to benefit his US masters
In banning Huawei from any further participation in the deployment of Canada’s 5G network, the Trudeau government hurt Canadians and undermined global security. The move is a lose-lose situation for Canadians and for Huawei Canada: ordinary Canadians lost because Huawei...
United against repression: Just Peace Advocates condemns Berlin’s ban on Nakba commemorations
Just Peace Advocates has joined with civil society groups in signing a letter by a coalition of progressive Palestinian, internationalist, and leftist groups and collectives in Berlin condemning the Berlin police’s decision to ban all public gatherings on Nakba Day.
End Canadian Support for Israeli military
Express your Rage and Heart Break at the Israeli military killing of Journalist Abu Akled
Nakba 74:Commemorations Across Canada
We commemorate 74 years of the original Nakba and recognize the ongoing colonization of remaining Palestine in similar pattern of Judaization of the West Bank including East Jerusalem and the total siege and destruction of Gaza.