On March 11, CJPME learned that CBC News made corrections and additions to an article following a CJPME complaint. In an article about a Quebec court temporarily prohibiting protests near Jewish institutions in Montreal published on March 6, Sabrina Jonas and Isaac Olson wrote the following:
The Montreal chapter of Independent Jewish Voices, one of the defendants in the injunction, organized a protest against an Israel real estate event, claiming it marketed property in the West Bank, where over two million Palestinians live under Israel's military occupation, according to the United Nations (UN).
On March 8, CJPME wrote to the journalists and standards editor at CBC, asking why it was not made clear that Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank are illegal and forbidden under international law. We also asked that the territories CBC refers to be explicitly preceded by “occupied.” CBC News added this sentence to its article:
The UN, alongside Canada, consider Israeli settlements in the occupied territories to be in violation of international convention, with the federal government saying they “constitute a serious obstacle to achieving a comprehensive, just and lasting peace.”
CJPME appreciates this adjustment made by CBC News to make their article more accurate.