A study done by the human rights group Reprieve indiactes that US drone strikes against 41 targeted individuals in Pakistan and Yemen resulted in the deaths of over a thousand people.
Archive | November, 2014
A time of remembrance, and forgetting
What elements previously associated with Canadian global engagement might have been lost or forgotten?
Unfriendly fire: The casualty of war Ottawa would rather forget
“On this Remembrance Day, I am remembering one Canadian peacekeeper in particular — someone the Harper government probably prefers to forget.”
“This Remembrance Day I’ll wear two poppies: one red and one white”
“Why did I wear two poppies, and why will I do it again? For me, the red poppy represents the sacrifice of the fallen; the white poppy represents the hope for a better future where young soldiers, sailors, and air crew do not have to die.”
Ceasefire.ca supporters speak out against Harper’s new “anti-terrorism” legislation
Thank you to everyone who submitted letters to the editors of newspapers across Canada! Here’s what some Ceasefire.ca supporters had to say.
Bill C-622, the CSEC Accountability and Transparency Act, defeated at second reading
Private Member’s Bill C-622, also known as the CSEC Accountability and Transparency Act, was defeated at the second reading stage yesterday, November 5th, in the House of Commons.