Canadian Author and Activist
Zionism has always been a racist, colonial, ideology and Israel has long practiced apartheid. But it’s taken the popular uprising against Israel's holocaust in Gaza to fully expose its supporters’ racism. Few Canadians highlight this better than Warren Kinsella who long marketed himself as an anti-racist but now blames “multiculturalism” for protesters opposing genocide. A... Continue Reading →
The Canadian government is enabling geopolitical tensions that could lead to World War III. They’ve encouraged Israel’s bid to ignite a regional war, promoted the NATO proxy war in Ukraine, dispatched forces towards China and increased military spending to counter China and Russia. In innumerable ways the Trudeau government has enabled Israel’s holocaust in Gaza.... Continue Reading →
A rich, exclusionary municipality is claiming persecution because Parliament passed a motion to lessen Canada’s role in a genocide. Hampstead highlights the moral abyss of large swaths of Canada’s Jewish community. Last Monday the Montreal area municipality unanimously passed a motion demanding “the Council of Hampstead, hereby expresses its non-confidence in the Government of Canada... Continue Reading →
An apartheid state committing genocide damaged a Canadian embassy while conducting a flagrant war crime. But Ottawa has remained silent about an incident designed to ignite a regional war. Two weeks ago the Israeli Air Force murdered 16 in strikes on Iran’s embassy compound in Damascus. They reportedly killed two top Iranian generals, two civilians... Continue Reading →
Canada’s arms ban made international headlines. But in reality, Ottawa isn’t severing assistance to Israel’s military. In a first, Parliament spent a full day debating a motion on the Israel/Palestine conflict. The March 18 opposition day motion presented by the social democratic NDP called for Canada to recognize Palestine, fund UNRWA and “support the work... Continue Reading →
Media commentators and Liberal ministers are angry a father filmed himself challenging Canada’s foreign minister on the street for enabling genocide. The outrage exposes the media/political establishment’s anti-democratic ethos. Ten days ago, a man biking with his two kids saw Melanie Joly on Laurier Avenue in Montreal and asked the foreign minister to “lift the... Continue Reading →
The Royal Canadian Air Force turned 100 this week. Celebratory commentary has focused on the institution’s role in “defending Canada”. This is the true story: The British spurred the creation of the Canadian Air Force. During World War I over 20,000 Canadians joined the nascent British air force and London suggested Canada raise its own... Continue Reading →
It now seems quaint to call Canada an “honest broker”. Ottawa’s support for Israel’s holocaust in Gaza has made the idea seem absurd. In a recent speech Avi Lewis repeatedly referenced Canada’s honest broker mythology. He noted, “can this country ever again claim the role of honest broker when Canada continues to sell arms to... Continue Reading →
Once again, the accusation of antisemitism was weaponized to trump both common sense and support for the victims of Israel’s murderous rampage. Last week prominent Quebec cartoonist Serge Chapleau caricatured Benjamin Netanyahu as a vampire. The cartoon published in La Presse reads “Nosfenyahou, en route to Rafah.” The pro-Israel and genocide lobby immediately condemned the... Continue Reading →
I’m loath to congratulate the NDP for any step they take to lessen Canadian complicity in Israel’s violence since Jagmeet Singh’s Palestine policy swings wildly based on backlash. But the reaction of some Palestine solidarity voices to the social democratic party’s call for an arms embargo, recognition of Palestine, funding of UNRWA etc. misses the... Continue Reading →
You’ve read, heard and seen countless stories about supposed Chinese interference in Canada, but how many times has the dominant media mentioned Canadian subversion in other countries? Don’t believe that Canada does that? Here are a few examples of Canada contributing to leading international stories: There is a direct line between the downward spiral in... Continue Reading →
There’s an important principle taught in journalism school — keep your distance from those in power so you can report honestly about them. But … Highlighting the chummy relationship between many in the media and the military, the Globe and Mail recently celebrated their reporters receiving a military institute’s prize named for one of Canada's... Continue Reading →
Imagine growing up in a comfortable Toronto or Montréal home and deciding to cross the globe to slaughter a long-colonized people. It’s appalling Canadians are killing Palestinians, but can they be held criminally responsible? Canada’s legislation on universal jurisdiction is weak but individuals can be pursued for war crimes committed abroad. Dozens, possibly two hundred,... Continue Reading →
We need more of it, but to sustain ourselves it’s important to recognize our victories. Activism works when enough of us participate. Justin Trudeau cancelled a meeting with the Italian Prime Minister. Chrystia Freeland failed to show at a $750 plate fundraiser. Arms firms’ operations were slowed in many cities. Palestine solidarity protesters accomplished these... Continue Reading →
Canada’s Special Envoy on Preserving Holocaust Remembrance and Combatting Antisemitism should be renamed Special Envoy to Promote Genocide and Authoritarianism. On Sunday Deborah Lyons denounced a protest that led Justin Trudeau to cancel his appearance at an event with Giorgia Meloni. The protest was against the Liberals and the rightist Italian prime minister’s role in... Continue Reading →
A recent Israeli real estate sale in Toronto highlights Zionists’ racism and violence. Non-Jews were openly excluded from the event and Palestine solidarity activists were violently attacked. On Sunday real estate firm Keller Williams hosted a sale for properties in Israel. After a city-owned venue canceled the event it was moved to Aish Hatorah Synagogue... Continue Reading →
Among the tools pro-Palestine activists need to employ against the Canadian government’s enabling of Israel’s genocide is a credible plan to punish the Liberal Party electorally. It won’t be easy because foreign policy seldom plays a significant role in elections, but there are reasons to believe it’s possible. In the US there’s been significant discussion... Continue Reading →
According to many of the obituaries, Brian Mulroney was an internationalist, justice-minded statesman. In reality Mulroney promoted the US Empire and economic policies benefiting the rich during his time as Canada’s Prime Minister from 1984 to 1993. For example: Five thousand Canadian military personnel were deployed to the Middle East during the early 1990s Iraq... Continue Reading →
Twenty years ago today Canada helped overthrow the president of Haiti and thousands of other elected officials. The coup increased foreign influence and sent the country on a downward spiral that continues to this day. On February 29, 2004, Canadian special forces “secured” the airport from which elected President Jean-Bertrand Aristide was bundled (“kidnapped” in... Continue Reading →
Some people say the definition of insanity is repeating the same action but expecting a different result. In the lead up to the 20th anniversary of a Canadian coup and two weeks after an illegitimate leader ignored a self-imposed deadline to depart, Ottawa put up $80 million to pay for a foreign intervention into Haiti.... Continue Reading →
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