Diplomats decry West Bank annexation plan, more security rethinking, Saudi debts and the PM’s “pregnant pause”

June 8, 2020

To help prepare the way for an urgently-needed fundamental reimagining of Canada’s role in building a genuinely global security architecture, our government needs to begin all-party and civil society ‘virtual’ consultations on the establishment of a Canadian International Centre for Peace, Order and Good Government.

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Trump White House ditches yet another disarmament deal, ponders new nuke tests and announces U.S. withdrawal from WHO

June 1, 2020

The Trump global wrecking ball is in over-drive. Canada must redouble its diplomatic efforts to increase global cooperation with the overwhelming majority of nations who also reject American unilateralism.

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In Ukraine and the Middle East, Canada is not an “honest broker”

May 25, 2020

We call on Canada to bring its international policies vis-à-vis Ukraine and Israel into full compliance with the fundamental principles of the UN Charter.

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War, famine, and pandemic in Yemen but business as usual for Canadian arms exports

May 18, 2020

Today’s blog post features the full text of the Press Release issued in conjunction with the 14 May Open Letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Civil Society Organizations Decry Global Affairs Canada Justifications for Resumption of Arms Exports to Saudi Arabia 15 May 2020 Today, in an Open Letter addressed to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, a […]

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