A campaign from LeadNow with a few spicy sentences from me. The CPP is funded by the wages of 22 million people across the country, LeadNow says, and the Investment Board has a responsibility to ensure those savings are not used in ways people fundamentally reject.
Dear Mr. John Graham, CEO of CPPIB, and CPPIB board members,
I am writing as a contributor to the Canada Pension Plan—one of millions of people whose wages fund this plan and whose future depends on it. This is our CPP, and it must answer to us.
I am horrified that CPP investments include companies linked to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). In effect, the people who pay into CPP are having their own money used to help fund Trump-era immigration enforcement and the harms associated with it. Canadians are appalled by the actions of ICE. What a betrayal you would use our own money to fund these bullies violating human rights.
CPP is not abstract capital—it is our deferred wages. Contributors should not be forced to bankroll systems tied to family separation, detention, and violations of due process.
I am calling on you to:
1) Review all holdings connected to ICE and its contractors
2) Publicly disclose those findings
3) Divest from companies materially involved in ICE operations
4) Implement clear ethical guidelines to prevent this in the future
This is our money. This is our CPP. It must reflect the values and expectations of the people who fund it.
I expect transparency and action.
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