Peace Brigades International-Canada joined with local activists gathered in front of the General Dynamics office in Nepean/Ottawa (Algonquin territory) today – the International Day of Peace — with the message: Stop Selling War Machines. This day of action was co-organized by numerous groups including Labour Against the Arms Trade, People Read more…
Photo by the Canadian Press. What does the pandemic driven increase in unemployment and the deficit mean for the planned $19-billion-plus fighter jet purchase in 2022? Will the $37,521 an hour operating cost of a F-35 fighter jet seem steep in comparison to the needs of low-wage workers (those earning Read more…
Earlier this month, Peace Brigades International signed this letter that highlights: “The activities of [public development banks] have repeatedly exacerbated poverty, widened inequalities and fuelled human rights violations (such as reprisals, land grabbing and forced evictions) without access to any useful remedies for affected communities.” United Nations High Commissioner for Read more…
Peace Brigades International organized a meeting in Ottawa, Canada for Colombian human rights defenders from CREDHOS and the CCALCP legal collective to raise concerns about fracking and the practices of Canadian oil and gas companies with representatives of Export Development Canada in November 2019. Peace Brigades International has signed this Read more…
It has been noted by David Swanson, the Executive Director of World Beyond War, that the United States has dropped bombs on people in over 30 countries since 1945, and by Jeff Faux, a Distinguished Fellow at the Economic Policy Institute, that the US has invaded, occupied or bombed 14 Read more…
The Tiny House Warriors are Indigenous Secwepemc land defenders protecting their unceded territory in British Columbia, Canada against the construction of the 890,000 barrel per day Trans Mountain tar sands pipeline megaproject that would cross 518 kilometres of their land without their free, prior and informed consent. They have posted: Read more…
Haldimand County Police say: “The situation escalated as demonstrators at the site failed to comply with the injunction.” It is now Day 27 for Six Nations land defenders who are protecting their territory from a housing development at a site they have renamed 1492 Land Back Lane. The land defenders Read more…
The Government of Canada has noted: “The Royal Canadian Navy will send two warships: HMCS Winnipeg and HMCS Regina with embarked shipborne helicopter detachments crewed by approximately 450 sailors and aviators.” The two warships departed from Southern Vancouver Island on August 7 to take part in the war games that Read more…
On August 12, Vice reported: “The Canadian government is finally forging ahead with plans to set up its own fleet of armed drones, joining several of its NATO allies.” “In a briefing for industry players, a representative from the procurement arm of the Canadian government laid out Canada’s desire for Read more…
The lack of a legal, enforceable framework to hold Canadian-based transnational corporations responsible for identifying, preventing and mitigating the human rights impacts of their business activities is an ongoing concern. Beyond guidelines and principles, there is a global call for binding national and international laws that would prevent human rights Read more…