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…
Peace Brigades International-Canada supports the Canadian Voice of Women for Peace (VOW) day of action this coming Friday July 24 against the Government of Canada’s plan to spend $19 billion on new fighter jets. On that day, they are asking people to plan a short ‘Strike for Climate Peace: No Read more…
Photo by Peace Brigades International-Mexico Project. CBC reports: “On June 29, three Indigenous groups in Canada — Idle No More, Defenders of the Land and the Truth Before Reconciliation Campaign — issued an open letter to Trudeau demanding he state publicly the Canadian government’s position on the case.” Their letter Read more…
The deadline for three transnationals – Lockheed Martin, Saab and Boeing – to submit their bids for a $19 billion fighter jet contract with the Canadian government is fast approaching. These companies have until July 31 to submit their proposals. The Government of Canada’s Future Fighter Capability Project webpage notes: Read more…
Photo: An image of what appears to be a Canadian-made LAV captured from Saudi forces in Kitaf, northern Yemen, in August 2019. On July 7, the British newspaper the Independent reported: “Britain is to resume selling arms to Saudi Arabia despite assessing that the country could be using them to Read more…
Peace Brigades International-Canada supports the Canadian Foreign Policy Institute’s call to “fundamentally reassess Canadian foreign policy.” Some of the questions that would help frame that review include: 1-Should Canada continue to offer financial and diplomatic support to arms exporters or refocus on demilitarization? In 2019, the value of Canadian exports Read more…
Colombian human rights defenders Julia Figueroa and Andrea Nocove from the Luis Carlos Perez Lawyers’ Collective (CCALCP) and Ivan Madero from the Regional Corporation for the Defence of Human Rights (CREDHOS) raised concerns about fracking in Colombia when they visited Canada in November 2019. On June 11, Business News Americas Read more…