Thousands of protestors from across Canada gathered for a rally on Parliament Hill in support of Palestinian liberation on April 12. The central message of the Palestinian Youth Movement (PYM), one of the organizers of the rally, was that “Canada must end its complicity [in the genocide] by demanding a ceasefire, the lift of the siege on Gaza, the flow of humanitarian aid and imposing a full two-way arms embargo.”
Protestors demand an arms embargo. A March 26 report released by Project Ploughshares revealed that the Canadian government had broken its commitment to suspend arms exports and indirect transfers through the US to Israel. Protestors denounce the killing of Palestinian journalists in Gaza. As of May 26, 2025, Israeli forces have killed 180 journalists and media workers since the Oct. 7 attacks, according to a report by The Committee to Protect Journalists.In a social media post published on the day of the rally and march, PYM estimated the event’s attendance to surpass 30,000 people.Protestors stand in front of Indigo Books & Music Inc., a Canadian business whose head executives, Heather Reisman and Gerry Schwartz, founded the HESEG foundation. The foundation provides scholarships and grants for individuals who move to Israel and join the Israeil Defence Forces. After the rally, thousands marched through the streets of Ottawa calling for boycotts of businesses affiliated with the state of Israel.
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Student organizations from multiple Canadian universities rallied on April 12. Students from Montreal, Québec City, Toronto, Ottawa, Hamilton and other cities in Canada gathered at the nation’s capital to support the cause.The rally took place 3 days after McGill’s Interim Deputy Provost (Student Life and Learning), Angela Campbell, announced the university’s intent to terminate its Memorandum of Agreement with the Students’ Society of McGill University (SSMU), condemning the SSMU’s strike for Palestine. Protestors demand an end to Israel’s renewed blockade of Gaza, which has been in place since early March. As of May 20, 2025, 930,000 children are at risk of famine according to a UN-backed Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) assessment.Students from the University of Ottawa call for the university to divest from companies complicit in Israeli military offences. Together, McGill University and the University of Ottawa have investedmillions in weapons manufacturing companies, such as Airbus SE, that contribute to the Palestinian genocide. This past semester, student unions from Canadian universities such as the University of British Columbia and McGill University have voted to go on strike in solidarity with Palestine.
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