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New strategy ideas in U.S. peace movement

Peace activists from around the United States gathered in Albany, NY in July to discuss a new comprehensive strategy for peace activism in the U.S. “The plan includes a new focus and some promising proposals for building a coalition that includes the labor movement, civil rights groups, students, and other sectors of the activist world [...]

Hawks versus doves

Last weekend’s National Post published a letter from Senator Pamela D. Wallin questioning the independence and expertise of three critics of the Department of National Defence’s purchase of F-35 fighter jets on the basis that all of them have ties to the Rideau Institute. Dismissing the Rideau Institute as an organization that “routinely criticizes Canada’s military spending”, Senator [...]

Security: What is it? (by WILPF International)

Global TV asks Steven Staples about the F-35

Steven Staples comments on the F-35 purchase by the Canadian Government

Steven Staples on CTV National News commenting on $9B fighter purchase

Ceasefire.ca speaks out against Tory “Flying Cadillacs” deal

Quoted in the Canadian Press, Staples argued that, "These are ‘Flying Cadillacs’ that are not needed for the defence of Canada, and are unaffordable. The government should wait until national finances are in better shape, and use resources for other priorities, such as fixed wing search and rescue.”

City of Ottawa profiting from the arms industry

Send your letter to Ottawa mayoral candidates: Commit to end CANSEC Today Canada’s largest arms show opens in Ottawa. CANSEC has grown tremendously over the last few years because of the war in Afghanistan and steep increases in military spending. But it has also grown with the help of Ottawa City Council, which rejected a 20-year ban [...]