Photo from protest against CANSEC 2024. The large white banner says “Stop Profiting From War”. Peace Brigades International-Canada will be observing the Shut Down CANSEC mobilization against the CANSEC arms show this coming Wednesday May 28 starting at 7 am at the EY Centre in Ottawa. Information about Shut Down Read more…
Photo by Toronto Police posted on X, April 30, 2025. On April 29, 2025, the Toronto Police Service posted: “Toronto’s Mounted Unit helped get Ottawa’s officers back in the saddle again. On April 11, five Ottawa Police Service officers who graduated from Toronto’s 15-week Basic Equitation Course will be among Read more…
On May 1, 2025, a May Day march in downtown Ottawa included a stop outside the office of the Canadian Association of Defence and Security Industries (CADSI), that describes itself as “the national voice representing industry to government and offer platforms to connect companies with customers.” The Board of Directors Read more…
Photo: The G7 Summit will take place at the Pomeroy Kananaskis Mountain Lodge. The G7 Summit will happen this coming June 15-17 in Kananaskis, Alberta. It is expected to bring together the leaders of France (Emmanuel Macron), the United Kingdom (Keir Starmer), Italy (Giorgi Meloni), Germany (Olaf Scholz), Japan (Shigeru Read more…
Amnesty International has released their 410-page report The State of the World’s Human Rights (April 2025). In the section on Canada (on page 120), Amnesty International highlights: IRRESPONSIBLE ARMS TRANSFERS: “Canada continued to export arms and military equipment to countries despite lack of accountability for past violations and substantial risks that they Read more…
Video still: Prime Minister Mark Carney on election night. As of today, the morning after the April 28 federal election in Canada, it appears that there will be a Liberal minority government. CBC chart highlights seat count and popular vote. While any foreign policy was dominated by US-Canada relations (and Read more…
Photo: Tara Marsden, sustainability director for the Gitanyow hereditary chiefs. (Maggie MacPherson/CBC). The CBC reports: “Tara Marsden, sustainability director for the Gitanyow hereditary chiefs, worries the current push to approve new projects [framed as breaking “Canada’s dependence on the U.S. energy economy”] will sideline environmental concerns.” The article adds: “Marsden Read more…
On April 11, Mary Lawlor, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on human rights defenders, posted on social media: “At #HRC58 [the 58th session of the UN Human Rights Council] I welcomed #Canada’s support for human rights defenders abroad. But I had to say it: Canadian extractive mining companies are putting Read more…
Photo of the RCMP on Wet’suwet’en territory by Dan Loan: With the mining of critical minerals, fast-tracked resource projects and energy corridors potentially on the horizon, the controversial RCMP CRU-BC remains positioned as a “national best practice”. On April 15, Ottawa-based CBC Senior reporter on defence and security Murray Brewster Read more…
Photo: Arms embargo mobilization in Ottawa, April 12. Photo by Adonis Ayoub. An estimated 30,000 people mobilized in Ottawa this past weekend to demand a two-way arms embargo on Israel. The CBC reports: “Protesters mobilized on Saturday [April 12] after [the Waterloo, Ontario-based] peace research institute Project Ploughshares released a Read more…