The Canadian government voted in favour of the new U.N. Arms Trade Treaty in April, but it has refused to commit to signing the treaty, arguing that it needs to consult Canadians first.
Arms Trade Treaty: Where's Canada?
Canadian foreign policy
How to spend the defence budget
On April 15, we asked Ceasefire.ca supporters how they would better spend the money wasted on weapons and war.
Responses from political parties
On March 3rd Ceasefire.ca supporters and allies responded en masse to Be Heard – No Attack Drones! Nearly 6,000 letters have been sent so far! Ceasefire.ca has received responses from the Green Party and the NDP.
UN adopts Arms Trade Treaty
On April 2nd, the UN General Assembly voted to approve a draft treaty to control the global arms trade. The proposed treaty leaves it largely up to the arms exporters themselves to determine the appropriateness of their exports. But groups working to control the arms trade are hopeful that by establishing guidelines and increasing the overall transparency of the arms trade, the treaty will help build public pressure to reduce exports and curb the worst abuses.
Drones update from Ottawa
Thousands of emails and postcards are being sent to Prime Minister Stephen Harper and other party leaders, and we are more than halfway to our goal of delivering 10,000 messages to Parliament. But there is a lot more work to be done.
Canada should reject armed drones
Is Mali the next opportunity to pitch an armed drone program as a contribution to both the French campaign there and the US-led war against al Qaeda in Western Africa?