Canada must do its part to rein in the global arms industry.
Canada must do its part to rein in the global arms industry

Canada must do its part to rein in the global arms industry.
Canada continues to partner with Saudi Arabia despite its repressive government that makes a mockery of Western democratic values.
Leigha McCarroll, former intern at the Rideau Institute, reflects on recent proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on National Security and Defence.
“On this Remembrance Day, I am remembering one Canadian peacekeeper in particular — someone the Harper government probably prefers to forget.”
We have not invested in understanding the conditions of peace. After a century of bombing, isn’t it about time that we did?
If we are to avoid once more reaping the whirlwind generated by an over-reliance upon armed force, an entirely different approach will be required. Specifically, people everywhere will have to insist that diplomacy displace defence at the centre of international policy. Relative to the alternatives, diplomacy’s approach to the non-violent management of international relations through […]