Archive » Tag: Arms Trade Treaty (ATT)
Ukraine diplomacy, the nuclear testing taboo, Canada and Saudi arms exports and more
September 3, 2023
Modest but important steps in the direction of diplomacy to end the war in Ukraine; strengthening the nuclear testing taboo, and disturbing new reasons why Canada should end its arms exports to Saudi Arabia are some of our topics in this week’s blog post.
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Ukraine, Canada and Yemen carnage, Aussie AUKUS update and more
January 31, 2022
Glimmers of hope for diplomacy in Ukraine, Canada continuing to fuel the Yemen conflict, and a powerful new Report on the policy of the United Church of Canada towards Israel-Palestine are just some of the topics we examine in today’s blog post.
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Parliamentary report heeds civil society calls for strengthened arms export control system
June 28, 2021
Today’s blog looks at an extremely encouraging Foreign Affairs Committee report on better regulation of our arms exports and the role of civil society in its development. We also look at Arctic security and nuclear disarmament.
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Canada-US relations, arms trade scrutiny and the CBC Tandem outrage
December 14, 2020
This week we explore the possibility of US partnership rather than dominance, look in on Civil Society testimony before the Foreign Affairs Committee and consider how we can stop a shocking new CBC management initiative to disguise “paid content” – advertising – as news.
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