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Actuonix Motion Devices – a Canadian company, are making components being used by
the Israeli military.
The Aga Khan Museum (Toronto), a museum with a mandate to offer perspective and
insight into the Islamic civilization, hosted an event in 2018 that sponsored by
the Israeli consulate.
Ahava – This cosmetic company’s factory and visitor centre is located in an illegal
Israeli settlement, and the company’s activities are based on extracting resources
from the Dead Sea in occupied Palestine.
Aroma– store in Israeli settlement of Maale Adumim. Buys milk from Israeli
settlements.
BCLiquor, LCBO, SAQ and other Canadian provincial and territorial liquor agencies
carrying apartheid Israeli wine and other products. (See below info on Israeli
wine)
Chapters Inc. is a Canadian bookstore banner owned by Indigo Books and Music. It
operates superstores under the banners Chapters and Indigo, and smaller stores
under the banners Coles, Indigospirit, SmithBooks and The Book Company. Two of the
major owners founded the Heseg Foundation for Lone Soldiers, aimed at encouraging
foreigners to join the Israeli army, and pursue their studies in Israel.
Canadian Pension Plan Investment Board –invests at least 7 percent of our public
pension in Israeli war crimes
Duty Free Americas – the Falic family, owners of the US Duty Free Americas shops,
donated at least $5.6 million to settler organizations in West Bank over past
decade.
General Mills – General Mills is on the UN’s list of corporations complicit with
Israeli settlements due to their activities in illegal colonial settlements in the
West Bank. They produce many cereals sold across Canada, as well as Pillsbury
products (below). On May 31, 2022, General Mills said it will stop making
Pillsbury products on stolen Palestinian land.
Hewlett Packard – HP and its spin-off companies are involved in contracts to track
the Palestinian population, secure the siege on Gaza and document the imprisonment
of Palestinians. Boycott HP products, printers, computers and other devices. Join
as an HP-Free zone and/or get your “this is my last HP” sticker.
Israeli Dates and other Agricultural Products (Jordan River, Mehadrin, La Palma,
Bomaja, King Solomon, Prana, NBF and others — check the label!) – Israeli dates and
other agricultural products are grown on stolen Palestinian land, often through the
exploitation of Palestinian labour under colonization. Nearly 75% of the Medjoul
dates on the market are sold as “Products of Israel.” Boycott Israeli products and
purchase Palestinian agricultural produce instead.
Israeli Wines – Boycott “Israeli” wines grown on occupied Palestinian and Syrian
lands. In many provinces, government-owned liquor stores are selling these wines,
making them directly complicit in the war crimes being committed on stolen land.
Learn more about the #BoycottIsraeliWines campaign.
Laline – Israeli company with stores in Canada, and has stores in occupied
Palestine and occupied Syrian Golan
Manitoba Hydro, through its subsidiary Manitoba Hydro International, has with the
Israel Electric Corporation relates to licenses and maintenance for software that
simulates and analyzes power systems. A number of other Canadian utility companies
have failed to indicate if they have an agreement with Israel Electric Corporation
despite being asked multiple times. You can see the list here.
Puma – This sportswear company is the sponsor of the Israel Football Association,
officially sponsoring racist teams like Beitar, teams in illegal settlements in the
occupied West Bank, and an entire structure of Israeli colonialism. The Canadian
BDS Coalition campaign has been focused on Puma in Canada.
RE/MAX ’s Israeli franchise has offices in the West Bank colonies of Ma’ale Edomim
and Oranit, as well as in occupied East Jerusalem. RE/MAX also sells and rents
homes located in the occupied Palestinian territories. Learn more.
Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) – has over 2 M shares valued at over $56 M USD in
Palantir holdings. This relationship flies in the face of the recently offered
option of a market-linked guaranteed investment certificate based upon
environmental, social, and governance investigations which preclude investments in
divisive and dangerous elements of society. The RBC also is invested in a number of
companies listed in the UN data base and has indicated it can not divest these from
their equity instruments, and also we stand in solidarity with the call for the RBC
to divest from Costal GasLink. Royal Bank donated money to Israel after Oct. 7,
2023.
Seacret “Dead Sea” Products – Like Ahava, Seacret’s business model is based on the
extraction of Palestinian resources from the Dead Sea.
Schulich School of Business hosts study abroad exchanges with Israel, as the
settler colonial state continues to occupy and kill Palestinians.
SodaStream – These machines and accessories are made by an Israeli company in the
occupied Naqab. SodaStream is complicit in the ongoing displacement projects
targeting Palestinian Bedouin villages and homes
Sabra Hummus – This product is produced in a joint venture between PepsiCo and the
Strauss Group. The Strauss Group financially supports the Israeli occupation army.
The Toronto Symphony Orchestra (TSO) – made its first-ever touring appearances in
Israel, with performances in Jerusalem on May 11, 2017 and Tel Aviv on May 13,
2017. The TSO also has hosted the Brand-Israel Israel, The Israel Symphony
Orchestra.
Walmart: pledges $1 million aid for Israel victims. Walmart said its donation
follows a $1 million grant the Walmart Foundation pledged to the U.S. Holocaust
Museum in October, and match funds of employees up to $3M in the USD.
Wix – This web management company is an Israeli product. If you are looking for
apartheid-free web hosting, steer clear of Wix. Boycott Apartheid, Boycott WIX
WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff a Montreal based company has a team that is responsible
for the planning and the design of the Jerusalem light rail.
Zara– Canadian-Israeli Joey Schwebel, the chair of the Israeli franchisee for Zara,
hosted MK Itamar Ben-Gvir