This weekend, over 100 concerned Canadians are holding a Fast Against Fighter Jets to call on the federal government to cancel its $19-billion competition for 88 new fighter jets.
This weekend 100 people across Canada will be participating in the No Fighter Jet Coalition’s fast and vigils to oppose Canada’s planned purchase of 88 new fighter jets.
This Week on Talk World Radio in the first half of the show our guest is Vanessa Lanteigne. Vanessa is the National Coordinator at the Canadian Voice of Women for Peace which is Canada’s longest-running national women’s peace organization.
On March 29, 2021, White Rock City Council approved a resolution to join the ICAN cities appeal and urge the federal government of Canada to support the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW).
A diverse group of more than 40 feminist representatives from academia and civil society published an open letter on 29 March calling on the Canadian Task Force on Women in the Economy to demand the Trudeau government halt its arms exports to Saudi Arabia and increase humanitarian assistance to Yemen.
Protesters occupy CN Rail tracks at Clarke Road and Oxford Street in London to protest against the sale of armoured vehicles made by General Dynamics Land Systems Canada to Saudi Arabia.
