The United Nations’ High Representative for Disarmament, Angela Kane, is among those asking Canada to sign the U.N. Arms Trade Treaty
Canada asked to sign Arms Trade Treaty


The United Nations’ High Representative for Disarmament, Angela Kane, is among those asking Canada to sign the U.N. Arms Trade Treaty

So far 115 countries have signed the UN Arms Trade Treaty, including the United States, the U.K., France, and many other allies — but the Harper government has not signed.

The Harper government spent taxpayers’ money to send Steve Torino, the President of the Canadian Shooting Sports Association, to a conference on the UN Programme of Action on Small Arms and Light Weapons, despite the fact the CSSA dismissed the Programme as not “even remotely important.”

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.

Thank you to everyone who submitted letters to the editor to newspapers across Canada calling for no war on Syria. We reached almost 350,000 people with our message!