(Ottawa, ON) The federal government is being urged to prevent further shipments to Saudi Arabia of military vehicles made in Canada, and to institute an embargo on the export of all military goods to the region during the current political turmoil.
Canadian civil society organizations today raised serious concerns about expected international spending priorities for Budget 2011, due on March 22. Current Government directions project a freeze on foreign aid and limited action on financing adaption to climate change, while continuing to increase military spending.
The Rideau Institute is proud to have supported the Sayisi Dene First Nation in their call for action from the Canadian government in addressing their claim, which resulted from the forced relocation of the Sayisi Dene in 1956.