| Canadian Jewish Political Affairs Committee | |
|---|---|
| Abbreviation | CJPAC |
| Type | Organizations based in Canada |
| Legal status | Active |
| Purpose/focus | Advocate and public voice, educator and network |
| Headquarters | Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
| Region served | Canada |
| Official languages | English, French |
| Executive Director | Mark Waldman |
| Website | http://www.cjpac.ca/ |
The Canadian Jewish Political Affairs Committee (also known as CJPAC), is a Canadian political organization.
The Executive Director of CJPAC is Mark Waldman, who has been active with the organization since its establishment.
Josh Cooper served as the founding Executive Director from 2005-2009.
CJPAC is a unique national, grassroots, independent organization whose mandate is to engage the community in the political process. CJPAC mobilizes the grassroots across the country, builds relationships with elected officials – of all political parties – and works for Jewish community interests, on a multi-partisan basis, during and between elections. It’s mission is to advance the interests of the Canadian Jewish community and strengthen the Canada-Israel relationship by participating directly in the political process. In addition, its mandate also involves engaging students in the political process, and it runs programs geared towards youth during the summer months. Some of their programs include the CJPAC Fellowship for politically involved university students, high school councils, mock elections and seminars.
CJPAC is the only political, national, membership based advocacy organization and does not endorse political parties. They work with all elected officials regardless of their political affiliation to advance the interests of the Jewish community. During the 2006 and 2008 Federal elections, as well as several provincial elections, CJPAC encouraged Jewish community members to volunteer for the candidate and party of their choice.
CJPAC is funded by individual and corporate non-charitably receipted donations. CJPAC is not funded by charitable dollars and therefore can directly be involved in political action and does not use membership fees to support any electoral candidate or political party.