Archive | May, 2009

Taking a Stand Against CANSEC

In a recent column in the Ottawa Citizen, Janice Kennedy calls on the City of Ottawa to take a principled stand and honour the commitment it made twenty years ago to prohibit defence industry trade shows on municipal property. Despite continued opposition from community groups and peace activists, the City is going ahead with the […]

Canada must not deploy CF-18s to Afghanistan

Air strikes are the leading cause of civilian deaths from NATO military operations. The issue of civilian deaths dominated a summit between President Obama and President Karzai in Washington this week as news that as many as 100 civilians, including women and children, were killed in U.S. air strikes Monday night. This is potentially the single deadliest U.S. airstrike […]

A Peace Plank for Ignatieff

In her recent Toronto Star article, Linda McQuaig offers Ignatieff some advice on how to stand apart from the Conservatives: “champion the revival of Canada’s role as a leading peacekeeper in the world.” This would contrast the Conservative plan “Canada First Defence Strategy” that will involve spending $490 billion on Canada’s military over the next 20 years. […]

CDA and Matthew Fisher rush to military's defence

Press Freedom Day arrived this week (May 3), and it came just as a storm is brewing about new restrictions that the military is putting on journalists trying to report on the war in Afghanistan. Last week, Canadian Press reporter Murray Brewster wrote a story about security changes at the Kandahar Airfield that are dramatically […]