WINNIPEG - Stickers supporting and encouraging the boycott, divestment and sanction movement (BDS) against Israel have been found on products in two department stores in one of the largest malls in Winnipeg.
The stickers were found on Sodastream boxes at the Hudson's Bay and Sears stores in the Polo Park shopping centre. B'nai Brith Canada was informed of the stickers at the Hudson’s Bay store by a couple who expressed outrage to the organization after purchasing the product. Adriana Glikman, B’nai Brith’s Winnipeg Programming Coordinator, then visited the mall and found the BDS stickers not only on Sodastream boxes in the Hudson’s Bay store but also in Sears. Neither of the stickers had been noticed by staff members in the two stores.
Glikman notified both store managers of the stickers. She said they were “shocked and disturbed” when she notified them they were on the boxes.