{"id":534371,"date":"2026-03-13T19:55:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T19:55:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/534371\/"},"modified":"2026-03-13T19:55:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T19:55:13","slug":"video-activists-urge-whistleblowers-to-come-forward-at-armoured-vehicle-plant-in-brampton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/534371\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO: Activists urge ‘whistleblowers’ to come forward at armoured vehicle plant in Brampton"},"content":{"rendered":"

Protestors gathered at the Roshel Inc. plant in Brampton on March 12, 2026. (Photo: World Beyond War Canada)<\/p>\n

Dozens of activists gathered at the Roshel Inc. plant in Brampton this week to call out the \u201csickening and scandalous\u201d sale of armoured vehicles to the U.S., and urged workers to blow the whistle about the company\u2019s role in arming conflicts.<\/p>\n

Organized by activist group World Beyond War Canada, over 50 protesters descended on the Roshel plant at 255 Biscayne Cres. in Brampton, marking the second demonstration held at the facility since 2024.<\/p>\n

Roshel has previously come under fire from anti-war activists and politicians for its now-halted export of more than 30 armoured vehicles to the Israel Defence Forces, and the sale of 20 Senator vehicles to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) amid escalating violence and clashes with the public on American streets.<\/p>\n

And while the last protest was a blockade of the plant where the company makes armoured vehicles<\/a>, Thursday\u2019s gathering around 4 p.m. was aimed at connecting with workers at shift-change while \u201chighlighting Roshel\u2019s complicity\u201d in global conflicts, one attendee told INsauga.com after the demonstration.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe engaged in discussion with the workers leaving their shift to highlight the company\u2019s complicity in equipping the IDF and ICE with armoured vehicles and let them know how they could become a whistleblower and confidentially share information about Roshel\u2019s role in arming conflicts,\u201d they said, adding that \u201cmany workers took flyers and engaged in discussion.\u201d<\/p>\n

People who appeared to be management came and took photos and video of the crowd, and Peel Regional Police attended the protest. A police spokesperson told INsauga.com that \u201cthere were no arrests made and the protest was peaceful in nature.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Roshel CEO Roman Shimanov was also there and was greeted with chants of \u201cshame\u201d by the crowd, and was seen speaking with police before leaving the protest, World Beyond War says.<\/p>\n

Roshel did not respond to requests for comment by publication.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is disgusting for Roshel to profit off of the fascist terror ICE is unleashing across the US,\u201d World Beyond War Canada organizer Rachel Small said to INsauga.com. \u201cAnd there is absolutely no justification for Canada to have allowed a Canadian weapons company to send a rush order of armoured vehicles to ICE in the past month, but this is exactly how Canada\u2019s arms exports to the U.S. work.\u201d<\/p>\n

Small said seeing Roshel\u2019s Senator vehicles being used in Minneapolis was \u201csickening and scandalous\u201d following the death of Alex Pretti<\/a>, a nurse at a veteran\u2019s hospital who was shot dead by ICE agents in January while trying to provide aid to another protester.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd there is absolutely no justification for Canada to have allowed a Canadian weapons company to send a rush order of armoured vehicles to ICE in the past month but this is exactly how Canada\u2019s arms exports to the U.S. work,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

And while World Beyond War Canada applauded the City of Brampton for signing on to the Apartheid-Free Network\u2019s Community Pledge in principle<\/a> this week, the group lamented the failure of\u00a0Bill C-233 this week (No More Loopholes Act) \u2013 a bill designed to stop Canada\u2019s \u201congoing arming of genocide and war crimes.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bill C-233 would have required Canadian military exports to the U.S. to undergo the same permit requirements and human-rights risk assessments applied to exports to other countries.<\/p>\n

Small called the failed vote on the No More Loopholes Act \u201ca litmus test\u201d that the Carney government failed.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey picked the side of militarism and U.S. weapons companies. The side of Trump and Netanyahu. The side of genocide and war crimes,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

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Protestors gathered at the Roshel Inc. plant in Brampton on March 12, 2026. (Photo: World Beyond War Canada)<\/p>\n


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