WelcomeObama.ca is a project of the Rideau Institute, an independent research, advocacy and consulting group based in Ottawa. This site is all about President Obama’s visit to Canada on February 19th. According to the RI’s Steven Staples, “Canadians are excited…
Parliamentary action on war resisters
This just came in from from the War Resisters Support Campaign. The Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration has passed a motion again today calling on the Harper government to stop deportations of US Iraq war resisters. Please call Stephen…
Omar Khadr’s return in country’s best interest, say opposition MPs
Liberal MP Bob Rae, centre, Bloc MP Paul Crête, left, and NDP MP Paul Dewar banded together at a news conference on Parliament Hill on Wednesday to push the Harper government to deal with the case of Omar Khadr. (Adrian…
Obama’s “War on Terror”
by Stephen Lendman, Global Research, February 10, 2009 The language is softened and deceptive. The strategy and tactics are not. The “war on terror” continues. Promised change is talk, not policy. Just look at Obama’s “war cabinet,” discussed in an…
Guantanamo on the Brink
Death Looms for Inmates Amid Hunger Strikes and Beatings by Mark Townsend and Paul Harris, Independent UK. Posted on Alternet, February 9, 2009. Lieutenant-Colonel Yvonne Bradley, an American military lawyer, will step through the grand entrance of the Foreign and…
Feb. 4 Winnipeg Candle Light Vigil in support of besieged Tamils
Feb. 4, 2009 — 75 Winnipeggers hold a candle light vigil in front of the Federal Building to show support for Tamil civilians under attack by Sri Lankan military forces. Photo: R. Sri Ranjan On Feb. 4, 75 Winnipeggers defied…