By Mary Robinson The opening session on Friday evening asked, “What would you do with $490 billion? “ and offered hope for alternatives to war, militarism and austerity, from Idle No more, (Crystal Sinclair), CUPW, (Donald LaFleur) CPA (Kim Kerridge)…
By the Canadian Peace Alliance Stephen Harper wants to militarize Canada. Under the Conservatives, military spending has reached its highest levels since World War II. There are now plans to expand Canadian military bases around the world. And the military…
Here are some news items compiled by the Canadian Peace Alliance. To get on the CPA mailing list, go to http://www.acp-cpa.ca/en/index.html. After 2011 – Why Canada Needs to Leave Afghanistan Canadian Peace Alliance March 31, 2010 At the G8 Foreign…
By the Canadian Peace Alliance, Feb. 19, 2010 While our Prime Minister talks about the the “Olympic Truce”, a symbolic suspension of war during the winter games, the people of Afghanistan are facing a new wave of violence. The official…
Statement by the Canadian Peace Alliance On April 4th 2009, NATO will celebrate its 60th anniversary with a summit meeting in Strasbourg, France. NATO has emerged as a broad military alliance that integrates the foreign policy and decision making of…
January 20, 2009 On Saturday January 17, after 22 days of bombing which killed more than 1200 people, including 400 children, wounded more than 5000 and displaced more than 100,000, the Israeli government declared a unilateral ceasefire and a halt…
According to Al Jazeera, at least 697 Palestinians have so far been killed and more than 3,085 injured since Israel began its war on Gaza. At this hour, a ceasefire may be in the offing, but there are no guarantees. Around…
Canada and the War in Afghanistan: A pan-Canadian student anti-war conference Where: Ryerson University, Toronto When: March 20-22, 2009 Join hundreds of students from across Canada for this important conference about resisting and opposing Canada’s war in Afghanistan, military recruitment…
Photo: Canadian Forces Combat Camera by the Canadian Peace Alliance Stephen Harper said today that Canadian soldiers will be withdrawn from Afghanistan by 2011. This contradicts previous statements by the Harper government that have alluded to another possible extension past…
