#CDNpoli Whatever happened to Canada's devotion to the Rule of Law?
No one should be above the law, whether domestic or International Law.
Please share Khaled Mouammar's important article about the direction of the Canadian Govt's Middle East policy that will impact #Canada at home, especially on our lovely #Charter protections of Canadian free expression, peaceful protests, and #freespeech
#FreePalestine #Ceasefire
#2stateSolution #peace #justice #sayNOtoGenocide
It strikes me odd that people tell artists they shouldn’t have opinions.
No matter the medium, art is an opinion, a statement, speech.
We’re lucky to have artists who are able and willing to fight for a better future.
When we talk about #RemembranceDay, Canadians remember the 2nd World War.
And the First…. the one originally called “The War To End All Wars.”
Which didn’t.
#Canada has been at war for almost the entire 21st Century. But we don’t even see it. Isn’t it time we stopped remembering and began working for real peace?
Why did Canada stop being a peacekeeping nation?
Why is Canada determined to spend $19 billion on 88 new F-35 fighter jets inappropriate for Canadian defense? Perhaps you’ll recall Justin Trudeau campaigning on scrapping the purchase to save tens of billions in 2015, instead saying
“We will launch an open and transparent competition to replace the CF-18s, keeping in mind the primary mission of our fighter aircraft is the defence of North America. ” https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2015/09/20/liberals-would-scrap-f-35-jet-purchase.html
And yet Mr Trudeau’s government has done no such thing.
Instead of investing ridiculous sums of money in military white elephants, why don’t we make sure Canadian veterans and their families actually have the medical and economic support they need?
Canada is a rich country. Period.
When they say we can’t afford something, it’s not that we can’t afford it.
Its because they lack the political will.
That’s why *my* favorite sign here asks:
What would *you* do with $40 Billion?
(a) 2 Fighter Jets?
(b) Or 1 million affordable homes?
Canada’s Military Industrial Complex will *always* choose “A.”
These photos date back to a peace rally earlier in the year when it was starting to look as though President Trump was going to start a war with Iran. Back before anyone had ever heard of Social Distancing.
War is never a good idea.