Montreal, June 15, 2026  — A new national survey conducted by Nanos Research, on behalf of Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East (CJPME), reveals that a majority of Canadians support reforming Canada’s trade policy with Israel, with respondents differing on whether to remove trade benefits from Israel’s illegal settlements in Palestine or cancel the Canada-Israel Free Trade Agreement (CIFTA) outright. CJPME urges the Government of Canada to respond to Canadian public opinion by rapidly reforming its current trade policy with Israel’s illegal colonies on Palestinian territories by taking broad-based economic measures against settlements.

This report outlines the threat of Israeli foreign influence, interference, and transnational repression in Canada. It reviews documented reports of Israel covertly intervening in Canadians public affairs in various forms, and recommends measures that Canada can take to counter this malicious activity. Click here to download the report as a PDF, or read the Executive Summary and Summary of Recommendations below.

The Canadian Museum for Human Rights is set to launch its exhibit on the Nakba, titled Palestine Uprooted: Nakba Past and Present. The Museum has worked closely with the Palestinian Canadian community to develop this groundbreaking resource, while the broader Palestine movement has been tirelessly advocating for Nakba recognition in schools, cultural spaces, and in Parliament. The Nakba, or the Catastrophe, marks the forced expulsion, displacement, and ethnic cleansing of around 750,000 Palestinians from their ancestral homeland in 1948 during the creation of the state of Israel. For Palestinians, the Nakba never ended, as hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank continue to be displaced through Israel’s ethnic cleansing campaigns and ever-expanding settlements.  However, the Israeli lobby has been relentlessly attacking this exhibit in an attempt to silence Palestinian voices, and is exerting major pressure on Minister of Canadian Identity and Culture Mark Miller to have the exhibition cancelled or postponed. Miller has so far declined to interfere with the Museum’s programming, and it is important that we urge him to stand firm.Join us in emailing Minister Miller and the CMHR to encourage him to stand firm in support of the Nakba exhibit, defend museum independence, and reject efforts to silence Palestinian histories. 

Israel’s Illegal War on Iran Factsheet Series No. 251, created: June 2025, Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East   View factsheet in PDF format CJPME Factsheet 251, published June 2025: Amid ongoing diplomatic negotiations between the United States and Iran regarding its nuclear program, Israel launched airstrikes on June 13, 2025, targeting Iranian nuclear facilities and civilian infrastructure. Without evidence, Israel claimed the assault was a “pre-emptive” measure to prevent Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon. In the first week alone, Israel’s strikes have killed hundreds of Iranian civilians.[1] Iran responded with ballistic missile attacks, triggering a series of escalating exchanges which could lead to a catastrophic regional war.