To: Attorney General, Honorable Doug Downey cc: Deputy Attorney General, David Corbett & Asst Deputy Attorney General (Criminal Division), Randy Schwartz RE: Denouncing the Withdrawal of Charges in the Attack on Hayfa Abdelkhaleq Dear Attorney General Downey, The Canadian Muslim Public Affairs Council (CMPAC) denounces the decision by the Crown to withdraw the assault and […]
[November 2, 2024, Oakville] – The Canadian Muslim Public Affairs Council (CMPAC) firmly rejects the Canadian government’s release of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) Handbook on Antisemitism, released yesterday. The Handbook, based on the IHRA Working Definition of Antisemitism, includes language that CMPAC and numerous civil liberties organizations believe dangerously conflates antisemitism with legitimate […]
October 21st, 2024 – The recent decision by the Canadian government to designate Samidoun: Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network as a terrorist entity raises significant concerns regarding free speech, civil liberties, and the right to advocate for Palestinian human rights. Such actions not only impact specific organizations but also have broader implications for political discourse in […]
Today, October 7, 2024, marks the one-year anniversary of the unprecedented violence that has devastated Gaza and its people. The numbers are staggering. According to the Ministry of Health in Gaza, as reported by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), over 41,800 Palestinians have been killed, including more than 12,000 […]
September 23, 2024 – Oaville, The Canadian Muslim Public Affairs Council (CMPAC) demands the Canadian government to publicly condemn Israel’s recent military assault on Lebanon, which constitutes a flagrant violation of international law and the sovereignty of a UN member state. Reports indicate that these airstrikes have indiscriminately targeted civilian areas, resulting in over 356 […]
Oakville, September 17 – The Canadian Muslim Public Affairs Council (CMPAC) strongly supports the call for Canada to vote in favour of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) resolution scheduled for September 18, 2024. This crucial vote demands an immediate end to Israel’s illegal occupation of Palestinian territories, aligning with the International Court of Justice (ICJ)’s […]
The Canadian Muslim Public Affairs Council (CMPAC) is deeply concerned about Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly’s recent announcement on September 10, 2024 regarding Canada’s arms embargo on Israel. Minister Joly’s claims of halting Canadian-made weapons from reaching Gaza are grossly inadequate and fail to address Canada’s complicity in the ongoing humanitarian catastrophe and genocide in […]
On August 20th Day of Action organized by the Arms Embargo Now campaign, The Canadian Muslim Public Affairs Council (CMPAC) urgently calls on the Canadian government to implement an immediate and comprehensive two-way bilateral arms embargo on Israel. The escalation of Israeli violence in Gaza, resulting in over 40,000 civilian casualties and the destruction of […]
The Canadian Muslim Public Affairs Council (CMPAC) applauds the Ontario Court of Appeal’s recent ruling in R. v. Pike and Scott, which declared Section 99(1)(a) of the Customs Act unconstitutional. This section, which previously permitted border officers to search electronic devices without reasonable grounds, was found to violate Canadians’ Section 8 Charter rights against unreasonable […]
Oakville – July 27, 2024, CMPAC is disappointed by the joint statement issued by the Prime Ministers of Australia, Canada, and New Zealand, following the International Court of Justice’s (ICJ) July 19, 2024, Advisory Opinion. This opinion declares Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territories illegal and equates its practices to a systematic apartheid regime of racial […]
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