Saab Gripen E fighter jet. The Government of Canada plans to spend $15 billion to $19 billion to purchase 88 new fighter jets for the Royal Canadian Air Force. Three transnational corporations submitted bids for this contract on July 31, 2020: Lockheed Martin (F-35), Boeing (F/A-18) and Saab (Gripen E). Read more…
Photo: Then-US Vice-President Joe Biden walks with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, December 8, 2016. While there are numerous policy implications to consider about the upcoming presidency of Joe Biden here are five brief points to consider: 1- Remain in Mexico: Biden has promised to Read more…
The next round of talks on the proposed United Nations Binding Treaty on transnational corporations and human rights begins on October 26. It’s unclear what the Canadian government’s position is at this time. While a defender who PBI accompanies tells us that some corporations and states have been blocking the Read more…
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…