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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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Canada has real leverage in Saudi arms deal
October 23, 2018
Since October 2nd the world has been gripped with the brutal and brazen murder of Washington Post journalist and Saudi national Jamal Khashoggi by a Saudi Arabian hit squad. The unspeakable crime took place in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, Turkey and was almost certainly carried out on the orders of Crown Prince Mohammed bin-Salman (MBS). Global outrage has […]
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Major amendments needed to Canada’s Arms Trade Treaty legislation
October 30, 2017
PRESS RELEASE: DEEPLY FLAWED ARMS TRADE BILL MUST BE AMENDED TO STOP CANADIAN WEAPONS FALLING INTO HANDS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSERS GROUPS WARN Bill C-47 IS INCOMPLETE AND DOES NOT COVER THE MAJORITY OF CANADIAN ARMS EXPORTS Canada’s welcome commitment to accede to the global Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) risks being fundamentally undermined by troubling shortcomings […]
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Canada is failing the people of Yemen
August 25, 2017
The crisis in Yemen continues to worsen as the Saudi-led coalition forces and Houthi rebels blatantly disregard the damage being inflicted on innocent Yemeni civilians. Famine and disease have spread through the country unchecked, due in large part to a Saudi-imposed blockade on air and sea ports that has resulted in a desperate shortage of food, […]
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