Registry of Lobbyists
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Immigration, Justice and Law Enforcement, National Security/Security
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Adding anti-Palestinian racism to Canada's Federal anti-racism strategy. Ensuring Canada views settler colonialism as central to our analysis of racism and our anti-racism strategy. Ensuring our anti-racism programming respects political and civil rights of Palestinians, including Charter Rights. Ensuring Canadian policy does not suppress Palestinians right to speak on their experience of structural racism in Israel and Canada.
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Regulation, Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit, Policies or Program, Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
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Defence, Foreign Affairs, International Development, International Relations
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Advocacy for an immediate and unconditional recognition of the State of Palestine and for Canada to adopt a non-interventionist position on the internal politics of the state, Palestinian authority, PLO.
For Canada to end military and policing ties to the Palestinian Authority.
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Policies or Program
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Defence, International Relations, International Trade
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Advocating for Canada to impose an immediate Arms Embargo on Israel using Canada's Special Economic Measures Act and for Canada to suspend the Canada-Israel Strategic Partnership and the Canada-Israel Free Trade Agreement given Israel's violations of international law in Palestine, Lebanon, Yemen, Syria, and Iran.
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Budget, International Development, International Relations
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Advocating for increases to all development assistance in support of Palestine and in particular increased funding for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA).
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Regulation, Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution, Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit, Policies or Program
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Foreign Affairs, International Relations
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Advocating for the appointment of a Special Envoy to monitor and advocate for the rights of Palestinian children under occupation.
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Policies or Program
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Defence, Foreign Affairs, International Relations, International Trade
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Advocating for the review of Canada-Israel bilateral agreements to make sure that these do not contribute to violations of international humanitarian or human rights law.
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Policies or Program, Regulation
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Defence, Foreign Affairs, International Relations, International Trade
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Advocating for the suspension of arms sales to Israel, Saudi Arabia, and UAE, and for proper adherence to the terms of the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT). Including closing the US loophole in the Export and Import Permits Act (EIPA) and reforming the CAN-US Defense Production Sharing Agreement.
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Regulation, Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution, Policies or Program
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International Relations, Justice and Law Enforcement
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Advocating repeal of the federal government’s adoption of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of antisemitism.
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Foreign Affairs, International Development, International Relations
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Canada’s record and reputation at the United Nations General Assembly – encouraging the principled support for all resolutions which aim to uphold human rights in the Middle East.
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Foreign Affairs, International Relations
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Canadian policy supporting a ceasefire in Israel and Palestine
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Immigration, National Security/Security
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Changing the way the government applies the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act to ensure Canada's migration regime is not engaging in systemic anti-Palestinian racism or Islamophobia.
Pushing for reforms to the act to ensure it is consistent with international law and human rights.
Ensuring Canada's migration streams are not based on anti-Palestinian racism or Islamophobia.
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Defence, Foreign Affairs, Government Procurement, International Relations, International Trade
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Demanding Canada implement a two-way arms embargo between Canada and Israel using the Special Economic Measures Act.
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Policies or Program, Regulation, Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
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Federal-Provincial Relations, Foreign Affairs, Immigration, International Relations, International Trade, Justice and Law Enforcement, Municipalities, Pensions, Taxation and Finance
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Encouraging a whole-of-government approach to ending Canadian complicity in Israeli settlements. Ensuring Canada enforces its war crimes legislation. Stopping Canadian participation in the settlement economy through legislative options to stop the import of goods from Israeli settlements in occupied Palestinian territory and the end to real estate sales in Israeli settlements.
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Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution, Policies or Program, Regulation
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Foreign Affairs, International Relations, International Trade, Justice and Law Enforcement
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Encouraging meaningful engagement with the analysis and recommendations of human rights organizations on the ground in Palestine-Israel, including support for the legal analysis of crimes of apartheid as defined by international law.
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International Relations
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Encouraging participation in the Inter-Parliamentary Task Force to Promote Palestinian Human Rights. The Task Force brings together legislators from North America and Europe to discuss initiatives to promote human rights in the region.
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Policies or Program
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International Development, International Relations
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Encouraging strengthened support for Palestinian civil society, and clear opposition to Israel’s terrorism designations which unjustly criminalize civil society organizations in occupied territory.
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Defence, Government Procurement, International Trade, Justice and Law Enforcement, National Security/Security
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Ensuring that Canada has proper human rights screening in our Public and Government procurement processes. Pushing Canada to ban 'battle-tested" goods from Israel.
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Regulation, Policies or Program
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International Relations, Justice and Law Enforcement, National Security/Security
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Urging government attention to address all forms of racism and discrimination, including systemic racism against Arabs, Muslims, and Palestinians within Canada and the Middle East.
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Policies or Program
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The mission of Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East is to promote justice, development and peace in the Middle East, and here at home in Canada. Its initiatives include grassroots campaigns to promote and empower political engagement; policy and research to promote a human-rights-centred approach to Canada’s foreign policy; interaction with the media to promote more accurate reporting of events in the Middle East; and educational initiatives to inform Canadians and policymakers about key issues and events in the region.
Thomas Woodley, President
Address:
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Telephone number:
438-380-5410