Sign a message to Prime Minister Trudeau urging him to ensure that Canadian-made helicopters are not exported to the Philippine military, where they are almost certain to be used in the perpetration of terrible human rights abuses.
Canada needs an export permit control system worthy of a country with a proud history of working to strengthen human rights, international law and international peace and security.
All the best for the holidays. See you in 2018 – we have a lot of work to do to help build global sustainable peace.
It is one of the most under-reported stories of the year and it is making a mess of Canada’s role as a peace-builder.
Canada’s commitment to the principles of the Arms Trade Treaty is called into question by deeply flawed accession legislation.
Our sordid Saudi arms deal makes Canada complicit in atrocities against innocent Yemeni civilians.