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.…
Category: Canadian News
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…
Galloway to appear on CBC’s “The Hour” tonight
The Interview The Government Doesn’t Want You to See: George Galloway on The Hour, Monday March 30th by The Hour Blog, Mar. 27, 2009 **FRIDAY UPDATE:** George Galloway is challenging the decision not to let him into in Canada. Galloway’s…
Afghanistan war remains unpopular with Canadians
Almost Half of Canadians Would End Afghanistan Mission Before 2011 Atlantic Canadians, Quebecers and Ontarians more likely to both disagree with the extension of the mission, and advocate for an early withdrawal. [VANCOUVER – Mar. 7, 2009] – Canadian adults…
An appeal from the War Resisters Legal Defense Fundraising Campaign
Support the War Resisters Legal Defense Fundraising Campaign The War Resisters Support Campaign has been fighting for five years to keep U.S. Iraq war resisters safe in Canada. The majority of Canadians support this, and Parliament has passed a motion…
Gordon MacDermid
Sept. 13, 2008: Gordon MacDermid at a demonstration in support of war resisters in Winnipeg’s Vimy Ridge Park. Photo: Paul Graham With the passing of Rev. Dr. Gordon MacDermid on Tuesday, March 3, the peace movement has lost a stalwart,…
A warm Calgary welcome planned for George W. Bush
Former U.S. President George W. Bush is coming to Calgary to speak to the Rotary Club on March 17th on sixth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq. Peace and human rights activists are preparing to give him a welcome appropriate…
Doomsday Clock May Finally Stop Ticking
by Haider Rizvi, IPS, Feb. 23, 2009 UNITED NATIONS, Feb 23 (IPS) – The Barack Obama administration’s apparent resolve to take U.S. foreign policy in a new direction is creating ripples of hope for an enhanced U.N. agenda on nuclear…
Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada calls for Omar Khadr’s release
According to a statement by Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada, issued Feb. 12, 2009, “Canada and the U.S. are duty bound to act immediately to ensure that Omar Khadr is released and repatriated, his rights are protected and violations of his…