The following letter was sent to the Competition Bureau.
We are writing in regards to the Request For Information (RFI) the Competition Bureau opened on May 1, 2023 about the proposed acquisition of HSBC Bank of Canada by RBC.
In a new campaign launched today, national environmental organization Environmental Defence included RBC’s CEO Dave McKay on their list of the top people most responsible for blocking progress on solving the climate crisis.
Chatelaine calls itself as “Canada’s largest women’s brand” and its lifestyle magazine has been a stalwart of the Canadian media industry since the 1920’s.
It’s been three weeks since the RBC AGM in Saskatoon and the national Fossil Fool’s Day mobilization the weekend prior.
Released today, the 14th annual Banking on Climate Chaos report, the most comprehensive global analysis on fossil fuel banking, unveils Royal Bank of Canada as the world’s #1 fossil fuel financier in 2022.
RBC proved it has no interest in reconciliation, furthering corporate colonialism in how the bank treated the Indigenous delegation who arrived at the bank’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Saskatoon this morning as hundreds of Indigenous water protectors, young people, and allies rallied outside.
Wow! Ahead of Royal Bank of Canada’s shareholder meeting this Wednesday, April 5 in Saskatoon, people across so-called Canada made a huge splash on Saturday for April 1 Fossil Fools’ Day!
Climate activists in over 100 cities across the US held boisterous rallies in front of banks this week to demand that top US lenders stop financing the expansion of the fossil fuel sector.
On the same day as the latest sobering report from the IPCC made headlines around the world – with clear directives on the need to cut emissions dramatically this decade – Stand.earth released new data showing that RBC’s financing of fossil fuel expansion projects increased by alomst half last year.
Powerful companies like RBC are held accountable to their shareholders once a year at a legally required Annual General Meeting (AGM).