MONTREAL – Today, Greenpeace Canada, together with autonomous groups for Palestinian solidarity, delivered an oversized replica of a General Dynamics 155mm ammunition bullet, manufactured in Montreal, to Liberal Members of Parliament (MPs) Mélanie Joly and Natilien Joseph to demand their support for Bill C-233, the No More Loopholes Bill, and impose a total arms embargo on Israel.

For more than two years, Israel’s government has unleashed genocidal violence on the people of Palestine, with multiple reports finding that the Israeli military murdered over 66,000 Palestinians since October 2023. By continuing to send weapons to Israel through the U.S. supply chain, Canada is complicit in this genocide. In November 2025, new evidence about Canada’s role came to light in the Exposing the U.S. loophole: How Canadian F-35 parts and explosives are reaching Israel report, written by Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East, Palestinian Youth Movement and World Beyond War, which documented shipments of military weapons flowing from Canadian factories and ports via the U.S. to Israel.

Today’s delivery of replica ammunition is calling on both MP Joly and MP Joseph to support Bill C-233, the No More Loopholes Bill, tabled by MP Jenny Kwan in September 2025, to stop Canadian arms exports to Israel via the U.S. legal loophole.

Greenpeace Canada and autonomous groups for Palestinian solidarity are denouncing MP Mélanie Joly’s record as former Minister of Foreign Affairs under the Trudeau government, during which she did not uphold her responsibility to stop Canada from sending arms to Israel, including shipments routed through the U.S. As of today, Minister Joly has not supported the No More Loopholes Bill that would end the shipments of arms from Canada to Israel. 

The Exposing the U.S. loophole report also revealed that uplock assemblies made by Canadian manufacturer Héroux-Devtek in Laval were shipped to a facility in Texas, U.S., between April 2024 and August 2025, which in turn recorded eleven shipments to Israel over the course of that time. With Héroux-Devtek’s headquarters located in the riding of newly-elected Liberal MP Natilien Joseph in Longueuil–Saint-Hubert, Greenpeace Canada and autonomous groups for Palestinian solidarity delivery calls on the MP to denounce Héroux-Devtek’s complicity and to support the No More Loopholes Bill. 

Greenpeace Canada is joining other autonomous groups for Palestinian solidarity, calling to demand accountability from the Canadian federal government, which, despite mounting evidence, continues to deny sending weapons to Israel.

On October 8th, 2025, a day after the two-year commemoration of the genocide, Greenpeace Canada projected a message onto the Israeli Consulate of Toronto, denouncing Canada’s complicity in supplying a pipeline of military arms to Israel via the United States, enabled by a loophole in Canadian law. As an organization founded on anti-war principles, Greenpeace Canada stands in solidarity with Palestine and peace movements everywhere, recognizing that the fight to protect nature and land is inseparable from the struggle to uphold human rights and support liberation movements. These commitments are at the core of our mission to build a greener, safer future for all. 

Rama Al Malah, a representative of Palestinian Youth Movement, said:

“Since the beginning of the genocide, the Canadian government has been lying to the public. It claims to have implemented an arms embargo, while there are ongoing direct and indirect military shipments to Israel, fueling war crimes and violence. The people have made their demand clear: a two-way arms embargo right now. ”

Salomé Sané, Nature & Biodiversity Campaigner at Greenpeace Canada, said:

“No more lies. As the Israeli military continues to violate the current ceasefire in Gaza, Canada must end every shipment, every license, every deal that fuels Israel’s genocidal war machine against Palestinians. We call on the federal government to stop Canada’s complicity in war crimes and support the No More Loopholes Bill to impose a total arms embargo on Israel. Solidarity with the people of Palestine is a part of our commitment to justice, because there can be no environmental justice on occupied land and no climate safety without human rights. As an organization rooted in anti-war principles, Greenpeace Canada recognizes that protecting nature and defending human rights are inseparable responsibilities.”

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