Stop Bill C-9, Defend Civil Liberties

It is our last chance to demand that Canadian lawmakers drop Bill C-9, and reject pro-Israel efforts to restrict Charter-protected freedoms, including criticism of Israel. Bill C-9, a law demanded by pro-Israel groups, threatens to repress the Palestine solidarity movement. This includes dangerous restrictions on the ability of Canadians to confront Israeli war criminals on Canadian soil or to expose the use of Jewish communal institutions as venues for illegal land sales. Without shame, they are doing this at the exact moment Israel and the US are devastating Lebanon and Iran and continue to restrict lifesaving access to Gaza. Israel’s foreign interference strategy in Canada is to emotionally misdirect Canadians into repressing critics of Israel by dangerously conflating human-rights based activism with hateful conduct. Israel wants heavy restrictions put on those that oppose genocide and regime change wars. In the face of Israel’s campaign of foreign interference, we need to send a strong message to the Canadian government that we will not stand for any collusion, witting or unwitting, with Israel to undermine the Charter of Rights and Freedoms of Canadians. We will not enact Israel’s agenda of transnational repression. Now that Bill C-9 has been passed by the House of Commons, join us in emailing Canada's Senate to tell them that we don’t need to import Israel’s repressive agenda to Canada. Reject Bill C-9.

 

Tell Carney: Oppose Illegal Attacks on Iran

The United States and Israel have launched an illegal attack on Iran that has killed over 780 Iranians in the first days and sparked a devastating regional war. The United Nations has condemned the attack for violating the UN Charter and undermining international peace and security. The regime change operation, led by war criminals Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu, is a dangerous and unlawful act of aggression that has sabotaged negotiations over Iran’s nuclear program. Despite the blatant illegality of this war, however, Prime Minister Carney expressed unconditional support for the US-Israeli attacks, saying that “Canada supports the United States acting to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon and to prevent its regime from further threatening international peace and security.” As Trump and Netanyahu drag the region into war, Canada is shamefully cheering them on. Canada should be a voice for de-escalation, not a booster for US-Israeli aggression. Join us in emailing Prime Minister Carney and Foreign Minister Anand to demand that they retract their support for illegal US-Israeli attacks on Iran and impose sanctions on Israel.

 

Tell Minister Solomon: We Don’t Need Israel’s Genocidal AI

It is outrageous that Evan Solomon, Canada’s Minister of Artificial Intelligence, recently met with the Israeli Ambassador to promote “dialogue” and engagement on AI and economic development. It is well documented that the Israeli military uses Israeli AI and tech in the surveillance and targeting of Palestinians, using automation to develop kill lists and facilitate its genocide in Gaza. Israel’s 'world-leading' tech sector uses occupied Palestine as a laboratory to test out its new technology, which is taking increasingly repressive and murderous forms. Minister Solomon’s “dialogue” with Israel on AI raises the alarm that Canada may be seeking to develop partnerships with Israeli tech and AI companies, at the same time as those companies continue to facilitate illegal occupation, apartheid, and genocide. This shows a complete lack of judgment and flies in the face of Canada’s commitment to human rights. Join us in emailing Minister Solomon and Prime Minister Carney to tell them we don’t need Israel’s genocidal AI. Instead, Canada should sanction Israeli tech for its complicity in genocide.

 

Tell Minister Anand to Close the US Loophole!

For two years, the Liberal government has allowed arms manufacturers based in Canada to profit off genocide by sneaking unregulated and unreported weapons parts to Israel through the US. This has been possible because of a giant loophole in our export laws. When Canada updated our laws in 2019 to align with the Arms Trade Treaty, the Liberals intentionally left the US loophole open, and corporations have exploited this weakness to maintain military trade with Israel, a genocidal state. Now those same weapons are threatening the people of Palestine, Venezuela, Iran, Greenland, and eventually could end up trained back on us here at home. That’s why we have partnered with MP Jenny Kwan to close the US loophole using her Private Member’s Bill C-233, the No More Loopholes Act. Our bill has the government scared, because it exposes their hypocrisy and refusal to take meaningful action. Will you join us in sending an email to Foreign Affairs Anita Anand and your local MP demanding they support Bill C-233 to close the US loophole?

 

Sanction the World Zionist Organization

While the world has been focused on Trump’s Gaza Plan, the occupied West Bank faces an existential threat. Violent settler attacks on Palestinians across the West Bank have drastically increased this past olive harvest season, while the Israeli government has doubled down on settlement expansion and continues to take perilous steps toward annexation. Settler outposts continue to rapidly expand, stealing the land base necessary for the future Palestinian state that Canada says it supports. These outposts are supported by the World Zionist Organization’s (WZO) Settlement Division. For over 125 years the WZO has been dedicated to the colonization Palestine and the erasure of the Palestinian people. The current deadly practices of its Settlement division are just the most recent abuses in their sordid history aiming to steal all Palestinian land. Join our campaign calling on Minister Anand to sanction the WZO by sending an email now.

 

Canada must recognize Israel’s genocide in Gaza

With the attention of Canadian political leaders turning towards making the best of Trump’s so-called ‘peace’ plan, we feel it is more important than ever to ensure Israel faces accountability for its brutal actions in Gaza. It is also long past time that our political leaders unequivocally name Israel’s destruction of Gaza what it is: a near textbook case of genocide. Israel has violently killed over 68,500 Palestinians in their military assault on Gaza. But beyond this direct violence, scholars are projecting that Israel’s military has also instituted a series of oppressive policies that may have already killed nearly 298,000 people — and is likely to have a total death toll of over 480,000 over the next five years — as the consequences of Israel’s plan are felt. The majority will be lost to famine and disease. This is the reality of genocide beyond the usual numbers we see in the mainstream media. If Canada’s Parliament recognized the Gaza genocide, it would send a powerful message that Israel is not immune from international law. It would be the first step in holding Israeli officials accountable for committing the gravest of crimes. It would mean that our government is serious when it says “Never Again” for anyone. That’s why we are asking you to join our campaign to have Canada recognize Israel’s genocide in Gaza by sending an email to Prime Minister Mark Carney, Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand, and your MP. Canada must call it like it is and finally say “genocide.”

 

Reunite Palestinian Families Now

It has been over 20 months since Canada committed to evacuating 5000 family members of Palestinian Canadians under the Gaza Temporary Resident Visa (TRV) Special Measures for Extended Family Program. For almost two years, Palestinians in Canada have gone through stress, hardship, and loss, watching their loved ones endure unspeakable violence. Thousands have been subjected to invasive security screenings, forced separation, and rampant anti-Palestinian racism because of this program. Palestinians and allies alike have shared their stories of pain and indignity continually, and still thousands of families wait for reunification in agony. This is not a policy debate — it is a matter of life and death. Canada cannot claim to stand for human rights and equality while it abandons Palestinian families to die while endlessly waiting for visas.  We are asking you to call on your leaders to live up to their commitment by sending an email to the Ministers of Immigration, Foreign Affairs, and Public Safety demanding that they immediately take tangible steps to open an evacuation corridor, humanize application requirements, and establish a long-term immigration stream for Palestinian families.

 

Cancel the Canada-Israel Free Trade Agreement

On top of its genocide in Gaza, Israel is moving closer to officially annexing the occupied West Bank — a blatant violation of international law that will further entrench apartheid and destroy hopes for Palestinian self-determination. Instead of resisting these ongoing crimes, Canada’s trade policy has enabled and rewarded them. The Canada-Israel Free Trade Agreement (CIFTA) treats Palestinian land as though it were “Israeli,” rewarding illegal settlements and giving cover to Israel’s ceaseless colonial expansion. Prime Minister Carney has pledged to recognize the State of Palestine — but recognition is meaningless if Canada’s trade deal treats Palestinian land as “Israeli.” It’s time to fix this incoherent and damaging policy. We need your help to demand action. Join our email campaign calling on Ministers Anand and Sidhu to cancel CIFTA and end Canada’s complicity in annexation and apartheid.

 

Support MP Kwan’s bill to close the US Loophole!

After 21 months half-truths and empty promises from the Liberal government on arms to Israel, NDP MP Jenny Kwan has announced a new Private Member's Bill that would close the loophole that allows Canadian arms to flow to Israel through the United States. For two years, the Liberal government has allowed arms manufacturers based in Canada to profit off genocide by sneaking weapons parts to Israel through the US, unregulated and unreported. These components are used to build full weapons systems like F-35s or Apache Attack Helicopters, which are then sent to Israel. This has been possible because of a giant loophole in our export laws. When Canada updated our laws in 2019 to align with the Arms Trade Treaty, the Liberals intentionally left the US loophole open, and corporations have exploited this weakness to maintain trade with a genocidal state. MP Jenny Kwan’s new private member's bill, the No More Loopholes Act, aims to solve this problem in our legislation by amending Canada’s Export and Import Permit Act and helping to end Canada’s complicity in genocide. Will you join us in sending an email to your local MP demanding they support MP Kwan's bill to close the US loophole?

 

Close the US Loophole

Canada continues to pretend that it is not sending weapons to Israel despite clear evidence to the contrary. We are horrified that Canada is still arming Israel’s war machine as it intensifies its genocidal starvation of Palestinians in Gaza. One of the many routes for Canadian arms is through the United States loophole: Canadian-made deadly munitions and components are exported to the US, which are then transferred to Israel as military aid.  By shipping arms to the US to be assembled into fighter jets, attack helicopters, and other deadly weapons systems that are actively massacring Palestinians in Gaza, Canada evades arms trade regulations and circumvents its responsibilities as a state party to the Arms Trade Treaty. This loophole is intentional. Canada has designed its laws and regulations to allow the sneaky transfers of arms to Israel via the US without proper regulation -- and they don’t care enough about Palestinian lives to stop it. Canada should not be arming Israel, period. Will you stand with us in our new campaign to close the US loophole?