By James Clark, rabble.ca, July 14, 2009 In just a few months, anti-war activists will mark the eighth anniversary of the launch of the U.S.-led “war on terror,” and the movement that emerged to counter it. Since 2001, Canada’s anti-war…
Category: Canadian News
Dark side of Canada’s foreign policy exposed
Author critical of government, defence, mining industries, banks By TAMARA LORINCZ, Halifax Chronicle Herald, May 31, 2009 The Canadian government supplied the uranium for the atomic bombs dropped on Japan in the Second World War. Ottawa supported South African apartheid…
Recession won’t slow military spending: MacKay
By Mike Blanchfield, Canwest News Service, May 27, 2009 OTTAWA — The global economic downturn won’t prevent the Canadian Forces from spending $60 billion on new equipment, Defence Minister Peter MacKay told the defence industry elite on Wednesday. As he…
Canada to be asked for more troops in Afghanistan
By Mike Blanchfield, Canwest News Service, May 25, 2009 Canada and its allies are expected to face renewed pressure from the Obama administration, keen to show progress in Afghanistan, to maintain or add additional troops to the NATO-led military mission,…
Stop Harper from sending CF-18 warplanes to Afghanistan
By Stephen Staples, Ceasefire.ca, May 9, 2009 As you may have heard on the news, up to 100 Afghan civilians are feared dead as a result of U.S. air strikes. Now, the Canadian military is engaging in a lobbying campaign…
Merchants of death come to Ottawa on May 27
Breaking the faith By Janice Kennedy, Ottawa Citizen, May 1, 2009 Trucks will roll into Lansdowne Park in three weeks, ready to unload their cargoes of shiny new products for the big trade show. The products, innovative marvels of fine…
Demand Peace and Justice in Sri Lanka
April 3, 2009: Protesters in support of Tamil people stage multi-day protest on Parliament Hill. Photograph by: Chris Mikula, Ottawa Citizen. by the Ottawa Peace Assembly, April 16, 2009 The non-stop protest in Ottawa, led by the Tamil community has…
Day 2 of Tamil solidarity protest in Ottawa
Sri Lankan Tamils vow second day of protest in Ottawa Ottawa Police and the RCMP had areas of Ottawa’s downtown closed off to traffic as protesters hit the streets to voice concerns over the genocide of Tamils in Sri Lanka.…
Canada’s Iraq War Profiteers Exposed
United States Air Force spy plane U-2 Dragon Lady, a part of the arsenal deployed in Iraq. It uses Canadian technology developed by Calian Technologies. by Richard Saunders, Coordinator, Coalition to End the Arms Trade The Coalition to Oppose the…
George Galloway’s March 30, 2009 Speech on Video
The Harper government’s attempt to silence George Galloway by denying him permission to enter Canada and preventing his speaking engagements failed miserably on Monday evening. Since the ban on Galloway, peace groups across the country organized to break it. If…