Open Letter to the Crown Regarding it’s Decision to Withdraw Lorna Bernbaum’s Charges
November 1, 2024 Crown Attorney’s Office Courthouse Ste. 3225 161 Elgin St. Ottawa, Ontario K2P 2K1 VIA EMAIL: VirtualCrownOttawa@ontario.ca cc. Carl.Lem@ontario.ca, Doug.Downey@ontario.ca Dear Mr. Downey, Re: The Crown’s Decision to Withdraw Lorna Bernbaum’s Charges We, representing hundreds of groups across Ontario and Canada, write to express our profound disappointment and outrage at the decision to […]
National Charities and organizations have called upon Canada to establish an emergency relief fund for Gazan families
To: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Cc: Marc Miller, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship of Canada and Jenna Sudds, Minister of Families, Children and Social Development Cc: All Premiers in Canada For over 6 months, Palestinian families fleeing back to Canada, whether citizens or family members of citizens, have fled what the International Court of […]
Joint Letter from Alberta Organizations on brutal crackdown on peaceful protesters at the University of Calgary and the University of Alberta
Dear Minister Amery, We are shocked at the brutal crackdown on peaceful protesters at the University of Calgary and the University of Alberta by the Calgary Police Service (CPS) and the Edmonton Police Service (EPS). This is not the first time law enforcement authorities have used excessive force to respond to peaceful protesters exercising their […]
400+ Canadian Organizations Call for Canada to Take Action on the Recent Atrocities that have Developed in Palestine
Dear Prime Minister Trudeau, The past few months have seen only increasing horror as the people of Gaza continue to suffer ethnic cleansing at the hands of Israeli forces in what the ICJ calls a “plausible genocide”. Over 30,000 Palestinians have died in Gaza since last October. Canadians of every race, religion, and creed throughout […]
250+ Canadian Organizations Calling For Canada to Support ICJ Proceedings and International Law
For the past three months, violence, starvation, disease, and death have been inflicted upon the people of Gaza by Israel in ways that continue to shock Canadians and the international community. The far-right Netanyahu government has led a campaign that has killed over 22,000 civilians in Gaza, almost a third of whom are children. Ample […]
OVER 350 CANADIAN ORGANIZATIONS URGE CANADA TO VOTE “YES” DURING UN CEASEFIRE VOTE
The Gaza Strip is falling into a complete humanitarian disaster due to the invasion by the military forces of Israel, along with non-stop aerial bombardment. Over 17,000 people have been killed in Gaza, including children. Disease is rampant, food and water is scarce, hospitals have been reduced to rubble, and over a million Palestinians have […]
Open Letter – Bombing of Hospital in Gaza City
Today, Israeli forces bombed the Al Ahli hospital in Gaza City. At least 500 people have died as a result, including children. Other estimates put the casualty number even higher. This is a war crime. It must be condemned. We, the undersigned, are asking you and the leaders in this country to publicly and clearly […]
Lettre ouverte: Collège Citoyen
Nous sommes les parents de six filles musulmanes qui fréquentent le Collège Citoyen, une école secondaire située dans la ville de Laval, au Québec. Nous espérons que cette lettre commune de notre part vous aidera à comprendre l’incident traumatisant et frustrant que toutes nos familles ont vécu ces derniers jours. Nos filles portent le hijab […]
Open Letter: College Citoyen
(French Version) We are the parents of six Muslim girls who attend College Citoyen, a middle school in the City of Laval, Quebec. We hope that this joint letter from all of us will help you understand the traumatic and frustrating incident that all our families went through in recent days. Our daughter wear the […]