Dear Mr Carney
After promising to follow international law and arrest Benjamin Netanyahu, you lost your nerve and failed to deny him passage through Canadian airspace.
However, you finally spoke up after Minister Ben Gvir's egregious display of sadism.
Now you have another chance to keep that backbone tall, standing against genocide, by preventing the representatives of Elbit Systems and Israel Aerospace Industries from attending CANSEC in Ottawa on May 27 – 28, 2026.
This request was recently brought to your attention by ICJP and Just Peace Advocates. In their request, they provided significant evidence in support of our position that entry ought to be denied under section 35(1) of the IRPA, on the basis of the companies’ ongoing cooperation with the Israeli military during its alleged war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide perpetrated against the Palestinian people in Gaza since October 7, 2023.
Elbit is Israel's largest private defence contractor. Its financial integration with Israel’s Ministry of Defence (IMOD) has intensified dramatically since October 7, 2023: the IMOD's share of Elbit's total revenues rose from 16% in 2023 to 28% in 2025, with Elbit itself disclosing that IMOD demand has "materially increased" since the commencement of hostilities. All of Elbit's senior executives are physically embedded within the IMOD.
IAI is wholly state-owned. Since October 2023, IAI's revenues have grown by over $2 billion USD (from approximately $5.33B to $7.34B), driven in significant part by military contracts. Many IAI employees concurrently serve as Israeli military drone squadron reservists, rendering the boundary between corporate and state military activity functionally non-existent.
Both companies have supplied Israel’s armed forces with weapons systems – including drones, munitions, armoured vehicles – which United Nations (“UN”) investigative bodies, Amnesty International, and Human Rights Watch have independently verified were used in specific attacks constituting grave breaches of international humanitarian law. In September 2025, the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry concluded that Israel has committed genocide against Palestinians in Gaza. Admitting representatives of corporate entities which have knowingly and significantly contributed to this military campaign would be wholly contrary to Canada’s purported commitment to deny entry to those who are suspected of complicity in war crimes, crimes against humanity, and other reprehensible acts. It would also contradict Parliament's express intent in enacting the IRPA and the Crimes Against Humanity and War Crimes Act.
Canada must encourage respect for customary international law. You have failed Canadians -- and all the countries of the world -- by not upholding international law. But I shan't lose hope that one day you will do the right thing. Make that day today. Demand that CBSA abide by its own policies, as well as Canadian and international law by barring entry to Canada for representatives of Elbit Systems and IAI.
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