Monthly Archives: November, 2023

UN special experts call for an arms embargo, continue to press for a ceasefire in Gaza to avoid a genocide in the making

Photo by Alisdare Hickson from the ISHR website. United Nations special experts, including Mary Lawlor, the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, say:...

PBI-Canada participates in visionary and advocacy meetings in Caparica, Portugal

Photo: A session of the Visionary Workshop meeting. PBI-Canada coordinator Brent Patterson has returned from ten days of visionary and advocacy meetings with PBI colleagues...

Connecting the CANSEC weapons show with “a genocide in the making” against Palestinians

Photo: Activists blockade a Lockheed Martin facility in Ottawa, November 10. The CANSEC weapons show, scheduled to take place May 29-30, 2024, at the EY...

Rather than calling for a ceasefire in Palestine and Israel, Canadian banks are profiting from holdings in weapons companies

Photo by Canadian Palestine Association. Peace Brigades International supports the call for an immediate ceasefire in Palestine and Israel, respect for international humanitarian law, an...

Parliamentary Budget Officer estimates cost of F-35 warplanes at $73.9 billion, including $11.3 billion on weapons and munitions

In an 18-page report released on November 2, the Office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer (PBO) estimates the “life cycle cost” of Canada’s planned...

Canada interested in Colombian naval base, sale of helicopters and remotely-piloted systems to the National Police

Photo of Bell 407 helicopter with surveillance technology. The Maple has reported on briefing notes, obtained through an access to information request, prepared for then-Defence...
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