Photo: Riot police responded to the protest at the CANSEC arms show on May 29 in Ottawa against the Israeli weapons company Elbit Systems and other companies profiting from the ongoing genocide in Gaza. While the Trudeau government provided unqualified support to the CANSEC arms show in Ottawa this past Read more
Photo: Protest against the CANSEC arms show in Ottawa, May 29, 2024. The 2023 Exports of Military goods and technology report released by Global Affairs Canada (GAC) on May 31 notes that Canada exported $30,641,495.83 in “military goods” to Israel through 348 “utilized permits”. Of the twelve Export Control List Read more
Peace Brigades International-Canada has signed this statement calling for an arms embargo on Israel that, in part, says: “As the catastrophe wrought by Israel’s continued assault on Gaza grows, Canadian civil society organizations across multiple sectors are calling on the Canadian government to immediately suspend all trade in arms and Read more
Photo: Defence Minister Bill Blair. Photo by Canadian Press/Justin Tang. The Canadian Association of Defence and Security Industries (CADSI) has announced via social media that Canada’s Minister of National Defence Bill Blair will be the opening breakfast keynote speaker at the CANSEC arms show that is scheduled to take place Read more
Video still: The Ottawa Police Service watches as arms dealers and officials enter the CANSEC arms show in Ottawa. The International League of Peoples’ Struggle (ILPS) and affiliated groups, including the Palestinian Youth Movement (PYM), are demanding that the Government of Canada hold “an independent and in-depth inquiry into CADSI Read more
Video still of University of Ottawa encampment by CTV. Encampments are being organized on campuses across the United States and Canada in response to the Israeli military assault in which at least 34,596 Palestinians have been killed and 77,816 more injured. The encampments have highlighted divestment as a demand. The Columbia Read more
Photo: PBI-Canada visits the encampment at the University of Ottawa, May 1, 2024. The Ottawa Citizen reports: “Protesters at the University of Ottawa [uOttawa] began their second day of pro-Palestinian sit-ins Tuesday [April 30] on the rain-soaked lawn outside Tabaret Hall. The goal is to get the university to ‘disclose Read more
News clipping from ARMX ’89. The international weapons trade has been implicated for many years in multiple violations of human rights and in aggressions against human rights defenders. Amnesty International recently highlighted their concern about Canadian arms exports and the implications on human rights in Saudi Arabia/Yemen, Peru and Israel/Palestine. Read more
Photo: Nour Naser Abu al-Nour of the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights was killed by an Israeli airstrike on her family home in Rafah on February 20. The airstrike also killed seven members of her family including her two-year-old daughter Kenzi Jumaa. The recently-released Amnesty International report The State of Read more
Photo by Caolán Magee. inews.co.uk reports: “Companies selling weapons to Israel have been showcasing missiles at a three-day arms fair in London.” That article by London/Belfast-based journalist Caolán Magee adds: “The International Training Technology Exhibition (IT2EC) – an annual display of the latest advances in modern warfare – and accompanying Read more