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Did the $10 billion Canada spent on CF-18s help to bring peace?

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Canada’s current fleet of CF-18s cost $4 billion to purchase in 1982, $2.6 billion to upgrade in 2010, and $3.8 billion was budgeted in...

Boeing implies the job benefits of its fighter jets, but peaceful spending creates more jobs

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CBC News reports that Boeing executives made a public pitch on June 25th about its "history of delivering high-paying aerospace jobs" as it attempts...

On deepening our collective understanding of human rights, peace and right relations

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The United Nations defines human rights as: “Rights inherent to all human beings, regardless of race, sex, nationality, ethnicity, language, religion, or any other...

Nepal Peace Monitor 2019 Annual Review reports on civilians shot by police during protests

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On May 24, the Nepal Peace Monitor Annual Review 2019 was posted here. The Nepal Peace Monitoring Project (PMP) is a joint initiative by Collective...

Colombian government advances process for fracking pilot projects during COVID-19 quarantine

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On June 24, the Colombian news website La Silla Vacía posted this feature article (in Spanish) titled: Fracking advances in quarantine. That article notes: “The...

British lawyer responds to PBI-Canada question about the need for a Binding Treaty on transnational corporations

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On June 24, Peace Brigades International-United Kingdom held a webinar on ‘Environmental Rights and the Legal Community’. To watch that 1-hour webinar, please click here. Near...

PBI-Mexico expresses concern over the deaths of 17 people in San Mateo del Mar, Oaxaca

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On June 23, the Peace Brigades International-Mexico Project posted: “From PBI Mexico we express concern over the serious events that occurred in the community...

Investor-state challenge vs La Puya resistance elevates corporate profit over human rights

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In March 2010, residents from the communities of San José del Golfo and San Pedro Ayampuc – an area known as La Puya, just...

PBI-Canada to participate in War and the Environment online course

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As part of our commitment to peace education, Peace Brigades International-Canada will be participating in the World Beyond War-organized War and the Environment course...

Racialized militarism, peacebuilding and opening a conversation about defunding the military

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Photo: Racist graffiti on the side of a Canadian Army armoured personnel carrier on unceded Kanien’kéha:ka territory (Oka, Quebec), September 2, 1990. After a recent...
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