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A foreign policy that practices what it preaches: Part One
September 3, 2019
We need a foreign policy that spells out how Canada intends to work tirelessly to strengthen international law, to champion the UN’s diplomatic, peacekeeping and humanitarian work and to help stop a burgeoning nuclear arms race.
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It is still not too late for Canada to do the right thing in Yemen and Venezuela
April 8, 2019
The U.S. House of Representatives on 4 April 2019 gave final passage to a bipartisan resolution forcing an end to United States military involvement in Saudi Arabia’s war in Yemen.
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CSO Open Letter to PM on review of Saudi arms deal and update on gun control in Canada
March 13, 2019
On 5 March 2019 a large group of civil society organizations including the Rideau Institute released to the media and public the text of its latest Open Letter to the Prime Minister of Canada. It calls for a decision to be rendered in the matter of the government’s never-ending “review” of its export of armoured […]
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Law reform needed to ensure Canada meets global arms trade standards
December 4, 2018
Status Report on Bill C-47 For all those of you following the passage of Bill C-47, the legislation to permit Canada to join the Arms Trade Treaty, we are pleased to attach the updated Civil Society Brief presented to the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations and International Trade on 21 November 2018. “The government of Canada […]
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