Lobbying registration dated 2026-03-25
Registrant: Yara Shoufani
Client: Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East
Targeted institutions:
Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)
National Security and Intelligence Review Agency Secretariat
Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS)
Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC)
Office of the Information Commissioner of Canada (OIC)
Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)
Canadian Heritage (PCH)
Justice Canada (JC)
Women and Gender Equality (WAGE)
Finance Canada (FIN)
Export Development Canada (EDC)
House of Commons
National Defence (DND)
Communications Security Establishment Canada (CSEC)
Canadian Commercial Corporation (CCC)
Office of the Procurement Ombudsman (OPO)
Secretariat of the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians
Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS)
Canada Revenue Agency (CRA)
Privy Council Office (PCO)
Senate of Canada
Leaders’ Debates Commission
Public Safety Canada (PS)
Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA)
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)
Acts: Special Economic Measures Act
Government funding received:
Lobbying activity details:
Advocating for government studies and actions that promote and enhance the human rights situation and material conditions of Palestinians living under Israeli occupation and within the State of Israel.
Advocating that Senators support the Motion to study the risk of Canadian complicity in the Gaza Genocide.
Advocating for Canada to end arms transfers to third party states through the US Loophole in EIPA. Reform Canada's arms control regime to be better compliant with the Arms Trade treaty. End all indirect transfers of arms to Israel.
Advocating that Canada impose economic sanctions under Special Economic Measures Act (SEMA) on, and withdraw from economic and political treaties with, Israel to compel it to full comply with international law, as described in the ICJ advisory opinions of 2005 & 2024 and the ICJ provisional measures to prevent genocide.
Advocating for Canada to impose an immediate Arms Embargo on Israel using Canada's Special Economic Measures Act given Israel's violations of international law in Palestine, Lebanon, Yemen, Syria, and Iran.