Update: SNC Lavalin has sold their subsidary that produced bullets.
Orignal Campaign Info: A recent article by Vancouver writer Chris Spanos revealed that a Canadian company, SNC-Lavalin Group , is supplying bullets to U.S. Occupation forces in Iraq. They are also involved in military/industrial projects in Haiti, Afghanistan and on indigenous lands in Canada.
SNC-Lavalin has offices in Vancouver and has been selected as a primary contractor on the RAV transit line being built by TransLink.
A recent report in the Lancet medical journal concludes that there has been an excess of 100,000 civilian deaths in Iraq since the U.S. invasion. The report's author stated that "Most individuals reportedly killed by coalition forces were women and children." It appears that SNC - Lavalin's bullets will be used to continue these blatant violations of international law.
Should TransLink be doing business with a company that is complicit in International War Crimes?
To become involved in the Vancouver campaign
against SNC-Lavalin contact
me. There is also an ongoing campaign
in Toronto.
We are
asking that:
- Our governments, including the City of Vancouver, stop awarding contracts to SNC Lavalin.
- All public pension fund divest of SNC Lavalin shares.
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flyer
You can contact SNC-Lavalin at info@snclavalin.com
1600-4720 Kingsway Burnaby, BC V5H 4N2
Phone: (604) 453-4500
Email: gvtaboard@translink.bc.ca , larry_campbell@city.vancouver.bc.ca, david_cadman@city.vancouver.bc.ca, mayorandcouncillors@city.richmond.bc.ca, bsharp@cnv.org, wwright@city.new-westminster.bc.ca, dmaclean@pittmeadows.bc.ca, dwmccallum@city.surrey.bc.ca,jmhunt@city.surrey.bc.ca
Pension Fund Information
The B.C.
government
controls the BC Investment Management Corporation, which in turn
controls $63 billion in pension fund investments for the Municipal
Pension Plan, the College Pension Plan, the Public Service Pension Plan
and the Teachers Pension Plan. As of March 31, 2004, these
investments included $4.6 billion worth of stock in 251 corporations
producing war materiel and/or contracting to provide goods or services
to the Pentagon.
BC IMC holds
$40,593,600
in SNC-Lavalin
