By The People’s Commission Network, Dec. 9, 2010 Federal Court Judge Simon Noel today ruled to uphold the security certificate against Mohamed Harkat as “reasonable”. December 10th is International Human Rights Day and the 8th anniversary of Mohamed’s arrest under…
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Special forces Afghan probe prompts oversight calls
CBC News, Dec. 1, 2010 There are calls for public oversight of an elite military unit amid allegations that a Canadian soldier was involved in an unlawful killing of an Afghan. Federal politicians and a former member of the military…
War resisters prepare new national campaign
By The War Resisters Support Campaign Over the past few weeks, since the narrow defeat of Bill C-440, the War Resisters Support Campaign has been discussing strategy going forward. The main thing that every supporter needs to know is that…
Soldier’s mom protests Afghanistan military extension
By the Canadian Press, Nov. 27, 2010 TORONTO — The mother of a Canadian soldier in Afghanistan picketed outside Liberal MP Bob Rae’s office on Saturday to urge the federal Conservative government to bring the troops home next year. Josie…
Join the Virtual March on Ottawa, Nov. 18: Bring them home!
By the Canadian Peace Alliance On November 18, Call your MP and the Party Leaders and demand…. Don’t Extend It. End It. The Conservative government, with the support of the Liberals are about to extend Canada’s war in Afghanistan. The…
Afghanistan: Harper’s hypocrisy, Iggy’s complicity and Layton’s lame response
By Paul S. Graham, Nov. 13, 2010 Harper’s decision to continue Canada’s participation in the occupation of Afghanistan beyond 2011 is no surprise to anyone who has been paying attention. Ignatieff’s acquiescence is similarly unsurprising. Still, in light of previous…
Canada mulls three-year extension of Afghan mission to assist in NATO training
By Mike Blanchfield, The Canadian Press, Nov. 7, 2010 HALIFAX – The Harper government is considering a proposal that would keep hundreds of Canadian troops in Afghanistan until 2014 in a non-combat, training role, The Canadian Press has learned. The…
Why Canada lost its bid for a Security Council seat
by Yves Engler In a stunning international rebuke Stephen Harper’s government lost its bid for a UN Security Council seat last week. The vote in New York was the world’s response to a Canadian foreign policy designed to please the…
C-440: War Resisters versus War Criminals
By Paul S. Graham, Oct. 2, 2010 Michael Ignatieff and Co. can’t get enough criticism for their desertion of Bill C-440 to suit me. But let’s not deny the Tories their fair share of the shame. Against the will of…
A setback for war resisters
Bill C-440 voted down by slim majority By Paul S. Graham, Sept. 29, 2010 Bill C-440, An Act to amend the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (war resisters) failed to make it through second reading Wednesday evening by a vote…