Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s plan for armed drones is not much more than a faint blip on Ottawa’s radar screen, so the recent increase in media coverage on the subject is good news.
Drones debate is just getting started
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Amazing Response
A very generous Ceasefire.ca supporter has offered to match every donation made by other supporters, dollar for dollar, until we reach our goal. That’s incredible!
Peacekeeping: Changes and constants
Steve Staples and Josh Libben discuss what’s changed and what hasn’t over the history of U.N. peacekeeping and call on the Canadian government to once again become a significant contributor to peacekeeping missions.
Think carefully about the push for drones
The Hill Times talks to Steve Staples and others about the Harper government’s plan to acquire armed drones for Canada.
Get rid of the nukes!
A delegation from the Abolition 2000 network visited the Clyde Naval Base in Faslane, Scotland on April 19th and released the Faslane Declaration, which calls on the UK to remove the nuclear weapons based in Scotland, abandon nuclear deterrence, and join negotiations for global nuclear abolition.
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.