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A shift to sustainable peace and common security

November 24, 2016

Eleven leading civil society organizations today publicly launched their submission to the Defence Policy Review, entitled “A Shift to Sustainable Peace and Common Security.” All members of Parliament and the Press Gallery received copies. The launch also featured an Op Ed  in the Toronto Star entitled Why UN Peacekeeping is worth the risks (Peggy Mason, […]

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“This Remembrance Day I’ll wear two poppies: one red and one white”

November 10, 2016

First posted on Ceasefire.ca on 11 November 2014, we are grateful to share this insightful commentary again this year.  Note that, since being elected, the Liberal government has responded to the criticisms about veterans’ treatment referenced below. Malcolm French, a veteran who served for 25 years with the Royal Canadian Naval Reserves, discusses on CBC […]

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