Figures tabled in parliament confirm that Canadian arms sales to Saudi Arabia skyrocketed last year, with more than $4 billion in sales approved to the Middle East monarchy.
Canadian arms (and principles) sold
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Vic Toews is watching you
Public Safety Minister Vic Toews took a break last week from his busy schedule of tracking down terrorist environmentalists, expanding the prison system, and approving information swaps with torturers to put Bill C-30, the disingenuously named Protecting Children from Internet Predators Act, before parliament.
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Tortured policy
Public Safety Minister Vic Toews has directed the Canadian Security Intelligence Service to accept — “in exceptional circumstances” only of course — information obtained through the use of torture.
On the road to war with Iran?
Former Republican House and Senate staffer Mike Lofgren warns that fear of an Iranian “Islamic Bomb” may be pushing the U.S. towards war with Iran.