Canada will not be signing on to the U.S. missile defence program any time soon, says James Fergusson.
Staying out of missile defence


Canada will not be signing on to the U.S. missile defence program any time soon, says James Fergusson.

Read “Don’t Bank on the Bomb,” the new report from ICAN and IKV Pax Christi that details how 298 private and public financial institutions from around the world invest almost $314 billion in 27 companies involved in the production, maintenance, and modernization of nuclear weapons.

Learn more about the defence lobby from Ceasefire.ca’s new factsheet, “Inside Canada’s Defence Lobby.”

Canada should be wary of its relationship to the defence industry, especially in regard to the American defence firm Lockheed Martin, U.S. expert William D. Hartung warns.

The United States signed the Arms Trade Treaty last week, raising the total number of signatures to 107. Unfortunately, Canada remains one of the shrinking number of countries that have failed to sign the treaty. Months after Canada voted in favour of the treaty at the UN General Assembly, the Harper government remains reluctant to commit to the treaty.

Register to attend the Ottawa Peace Festival event “Prophets of War: Unmasking the Defence Lobby,” a presentation by William Hartung.