Just so we evaluate Scotiabank fairly, let’s note what the protest was about:
They wanted to raise awareness about Scotiabank being the largest non-Israeli investor in Elbit, a contractor accused of making cluster munitions — which are banned globally under the terms of a 2008 treaty signed by over 100 countries.
Elbit Systems Ltd. (US:ESLT) has 346 institutional owners and shareholders that have filed 13D/G or 13F forms with the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC). These institutions hold a total of 8,367,716 shares. Largest shareholders include Clal Insurance Enterprises Holdings Ltd, 1832 Asset Management L.P., Vanguard Group Inc, Altshuler Shaham Ltd, VGTSX - Vanguard Total International Stock Index Fund Investor Shares, Invesco Ltd., PPA - Invesco Aerospace & Defense ETF, Jpmorgan Chase & Co, Meitav Dash Investments Ltd, and VTMGX - Vanguard Developed Markets Index Fund Admiral Shares .
1832 Asset Management L.P. is a subsidiary of Scotiabank.
CUT(V) has been a target of the SSPVM ever since the 2012 student strike. They were there, covering the protests, every. single. night. Right at the front when people were getting peppered, gassed, and beaten. Themselves getting harassed, attacked, beaten multiple times.
And they were doing it live (some of the first people to do such live streams). Their courageous and tireless coverage was a big part of why the protests evolved into a broader popular uprising. People saw live, every single night, what those students were going through. The SSPVM could never forgive them and still hold a grudge to this day.
All this to say, I’m not surprised in the least by this fascist behaviour.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mVfrtUUnag
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwFE6WUzcfo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtjUKb33fMM
This isn’t very surprising with Montreal police, who are basically Canada’s LAPD, but I still don’t understand their motive here.
I hate to say it, because it sounds like conspiracy-mongering, but the reason is “Money”.
A lot of people want the narrative to go a certain way, and those people have a lot of money and thusly a lot of influence. That they’re losing control of the narrative has caused them a kind of narcissistic injury, and they’re lashing out.
Donations from the billionaire class (and the threat of their cessation) cost people their jobs at universities last year. They threaten student protests right now. This doesn’t seem the least bit conspiracy-mongering to me.
