Dear Ceasefire.ca supporter, I was astonished to read this on the front page of the newspaper: “U.S. to press for Canada to keep troops in …
U.S. to ask Canada to keep troops in Afghanistan
The Globe and Mail reported on Thursday that the United States will ask Canada to keep as many as 500 to 600 soldiers in Afghanistan …
Petition: Make Canada a UN Peacekeeper again
Once the world’s top contributor of troops for UN Peacekeeping, Canada has fallen far down the list as the military has turned away from the UN. Urge Prime Minister Harper, the political party leaders and your Member of Parliament to make Canada a proud UN Peacekeeeper once again.
The power of protests: “When the public gets mad, politicians back down!”
Former Senator Douglas Roche on the power of protests (Douglas Roche, “Stand up and speak out for what’s right: Mass protests have the power to …
Canadian military quietly stops reporting wounded
The Canadian military has quietly stopped reporting when soldiers are wounded on the battlefield (Murray Brewster, “Canada forbids reporting of battlefield wounded,” Globe and Mail, …
Dirty water bigger killer than war: UN
Contaminated water is a bigger killer than all forms of violence, including war, says a new UN report. Sick Water? The Central Role of Wastewater …