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LATEST IMPACT: 2025-03-28 CJPME volunteer published in the Hamilton Spectator

On March 28, 2025, CJPME volunteer Debbie Hubbard published a letter to the editor in the Hamilton Spectator in response to a March 25 op-ed, “The politics of disappearance: A warning for Canadians,” by Henry Giroux. Writing in support of the piece, she argued that it is critical for Canadians to take seriously the threats facing Palestine supporters in the US. With fascism and illiberalism on the rise, we too may face increasing degrees of criminalizing Palestine solidarity activism.

The letter reads:

The first thought that came to mind when reading Henry Giroux’s opinion piece was Pastor Martin Miemoller’s poem that ends with “… then they came for me and there was no one left to speak out for me.”

Dissenting voices like Mahmoud Khalil, who refuse to remain silent about the slaughter and oppression of innocent civilians in Gaza and the West Bank, are sorely needed. Challenging the status quo and resisting should not be censored or punished.

This is truly a watershed and critical moment for Canadians. We are in the midst of a federal election. We must recognize and actively oppose right-wing rhetoric and ideology.

We need to discern which political party will address the social injustices and marginalizations that have been part of our colonial history and continue in the present. Which party will guarantee the right to freedom of expression and peaceful protest that are enshrined in the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedom? Then we need to vote with our feet and show up to cast our vote by April 28.

CJPME appreciates the remarkable contributions of our volunteers, who deeply enhance the value of this project.

Click here to see other recent examples of our impact with Canadian media.

Pushing for better Middle East coverage in Canadian Media!

The Media Accountability Project (MAP) is an initiative of Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East (CJPME) and was created to encourage Canadian media to provide professional and fair-minded coverage on the Middle East, especially Palestine-Israel.  The work of the MAP is based on professionally recognized journalistic ethics, as established by the Canadian Association of Journalists (CAJ) and the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council, which direct journalists at all levels to provide accurate, fair, independent, transparent and diverse coverage. 

See our essays for in-depth explorations into common media missteps on Palestine-Israel.

Members of the Canadian public who wish to participate in the MAP's action alerts are invited to sign-up as "Media Responders."  Once registered, Media Responders will receive occasional emails encouraging them to follow up with a particular journalist or news outlet to demand improvemens to coverage.  Donate here to support our media accountability work!   

 

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    A grateful note on your recent op-Ed

    Apr 24, 2025
    "Your op-ed also rightly noted the tactics proposed by Pierre Poilievre, who has pledged to introduce harsher laws—including measures targeting acts of vandalism—framed as public safety initiatives and efforts to combat rising antisemitism. In practice, these proposals serve a more insidious purpose: to suppress legitimate criticism of Israel, an apartheid state, by conflating anti-Zionism with antisemitism."
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    Thank you for your balanced coverage of one of the largest pro-Palestinian protests in Ottawa

    Apr 23, 2025
    "I particularly commend your decision to center the lived experiences and concerns of demonstrators, including their chants, symbolism, and expressions of grief and outrage at the ongoing genocide and forced displacement of Palestinians in Gaza. By including direct quotes and outlining their motivations, you offered readers an authentic understanding of why so many Canadians are demanding that Palestine be treated as a core election issue. This is critical journalism that resists the silencing of Palestinian narratives."
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    Misrepresentation of Vote Palestine, UNRWA, and PYM

    Apr 23, 2025
    "This misrepresentation constitutes a serious failure to adhere to the Canadian Association of Journalists’ (CAJ) ethics guideline on accuracy, which states that journalists must be 'disciplined in verifying facts” and must distinguish “between assertions and fact.' Even in the context of an opinion article, this piece falls short of being 'based in fact.'"
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    Thank you for highlighting state repression of pro-Palestinian advocacy

    Apr 23, 2025
    "Political philosopher Leo Strauss, in On Tyranny, warns us that the suppression of free thought can emerge even in liberal democracies, not always through overt authoritarianism, but through more insidious means. Perhaps Strauss was right. Liberal democracies can, and do, take on tyrannical traits—and we are witnessing it now."
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    MAP ALERT!: Associated Press story in CBC amplifies Israeli military propaganda

    Apr 21, 2025
    Numerous Canadian outlets, including the CBC, have reprinted a highly flawed Associated Press article that reports on Israel’s killing of 15 Palestinian medics and aid workers, based entirely on the Israeli military’s internal findings where they claim the incident as a case of “professional failures.” While AP doesn’t raise skepticism around this statement, they also minimize firsthand Palestinian testimony by the Palestinian Red Crescent Societie (PRCS) and its official rejection of the Israeli military’s report which it describes as “full of lies.”
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    MAP ALERT!: The Globe and Mail downplays genocide claim and oversimplifies arms embargo

    Apr 11, 2025
    Canadian media has given wall to wall coverage of Mark Carney’s remarks about the genocide in Gaza, his subsequent walking back of that statement, and his comments about not recognizing Palestinian statehood.
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