Canadian Author and Activist
Is it pro-working class to subsidize billionaires? Do workers benefit from naval belligerence? NDP leadership candidate Rob Ashton supports giving huge subsidies to the most controversial capitalists in the Maritimes so the navy can fire long range missiles in US-led wars. On X and at an NDP debate in Toronto Saturday Ashton celebrated the Stephen... Continue Reading →
The year of Canada’s radical militarist turn. 2025 was also “the year the No Debate Party refused to discuss this most significant political development”. “History will view 2025 as the year that our allied capital markets and banks swung full force supporting defence and security," explained Kevin Reed, president of the development research group for... Continue Reading →
Mark Carney is setting up a “people’s army”. The Former Goldman Sachs banker and chair of Brookfield Assets is turning Canada into socialist republic and anti-imperialist beachhead. If you believe Carney is setting up a “people’s army”, Charlie Angus has a bridge to sell you in Moose Jaw. The former NDP MP and member of... Continue Reading →
A factory in Brampton is set to deliver 20 armoured vehicles to ICE (US Immigration and Customs Enforcement). Canadian camera systems were used in recent US strikes on Venezuelan boats. Montreal-made artillery propellant and bullets have been ordered by the Pentagon to assist Israel’s genocide. Every year Canada sells over a billion dollars in arms... Continue Reading →
Mark Carney is slashing the public service as he boosts the war machine. Unfortunately, the NDP has been too supportive of militarism to effectively boost unions that want the federal government to focus on human welfare rather than corporate warfare. The Carney government is cutting tens of thousands of jobs from the federal public service.... Continue Reading →
Does the Conservative party celebrate feminist and socialist collectives? Or other institutions that promote values which boost their political opponents? Certainly not. So, why does the NDP celebrate Canada’s military? Last week the RCMP charged current and former members of the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) for an extremist plot that allegedly involved creating an anti-government... Continue Reading →
Mark Carney’s kowtowing to Donald Trump is embarrassing. This former hockey playing prime minister shouts “elbows up” then acts scared to skate into the corners to fight for pucks. This is demonstrated by his refusal to take even tiny measures to piss off his tough talking but weak ankles American opponent. Like Carney I played... Continue Reading →
Donald Trump and NATO have unleashed a spectacular turn towards dangerous, imperialistic and inevitably wasteful militarism in Canada. Two weeks ago, Mark Carney announced an immediate $9 billion boost — $100 billion over a decade — to a military budget that has already doubled over the past decade. At this week’s NATO summit member states... Continue Reading →
Mark Carney just gave Trump a big win that the prime minister masked with anti-US rhetoric. And Carney looks set to hand the Donald another militarist win. As climate-change-fuelled forest fires displace tens of thousands of Canadians, Carney announced a massive increase in military spending Monday to overcome “threats which felt far away and remote... Continue Reading →
As Donald Trump threatens to take over Canada he demands Ottawa increase military spending. The apparent contradiction is never mentioned in the mainstream media. Why? Because the seemingly contradictory position says a lot about Canadian “defence” forces ties to the US empire. Over the past month the president elect has repeatedly described Canada as the... Continue Reading →
An honest Remembrance Day came a day late this year, but at least it happened. A day that marks an armistice agreement and remembers the horrors of war ought to be an ideal moment to call for a ceasefire in a brutal military campaign. Unfortunately, most official Remembrance Day actions serve as celebrations of martial... Continue Reading →
If you believe the Canadian Security Intelligence Service and Conservatives, the Chinese own a backbench Liberal MP, which has been front page news recently. But no one mentions Washington’s possession of our military. According to a leak reportedly from CSIS, the Chinese consulate in Toronto assisted Han Dong win the Liberal party nomination for... Continue Reading →
Over the past year Ottawa has given Ukraine over $2 billion in weapons. The size of the arms donation is unprecedented in Canadian history. According to a February 17 Le Devoir calculation, Canada has delivered $2.26 billion in weapons to Ukraine. The paper costed 17 different announcements, which include 4 heavy tanks, 4,200 single-use rocket... Continue Reading →
Militarists, warmongers and arms dealers are riding a wave of momentum and they’re organizing to profit as much as possible. Yesterday the Canadian Global Affairs Institute (CGAI) hosted a conference titled “Putting Canadian Defence Procurement on a War Footing”. The military put up $50,000 for the conference and likely spent tens of thousands of dollars... Continue Reading →
I recently participated in a debate with Walter Dorn and others on Canadian peacekeeping. It was illuminating. After Black Alliance for Peace Haiti coordinator Jemima Pierre detailed the horrors of the international body’s mission in Haiti, Dorn was asked if he agreed with the UN mission in that country. The Rideau Institute fellow answered with... Continue Reading →
Ottawa is hellbent on supporting the US empire’s drive for global domination even if it increases the odds of war and undermines the cooperation required to overcome the climate crisis. Canada’s defence minister is boasting about the navy’s continued support for Washington’s bid to stoke tensions with China 8,000 kilometers from this country’s shores. On... Continue Reading →
Canada said their war in Libya was to defend human rights and enable democracy. But, NATO’s 2011 assault has unleashed a decade of instability and violence as well as deteriorating social and economic indicators. And they still haven’t held presidential elections. Since the start of the month there has been an uprising against living conditions... Continue Reading →
Irving Shipbuilding is currently seeking a $300 million government subsidy to upgrade its shipyard in order to build warships the company has already won a contract to build. One would have thought to win a huge contract to build ships, a company would need a shipyard capable of building them without needing further subsidy but... Continue Reading →
US military training has long been controversial. After years of protest over its training of brutal military leaders in the hemisphere, the US military’s School of the Americas in Georgia changed its name. Among the peace and anti-imperialist minded, it’s widely understood that military training is an important part of US global power projection. But... Continue Reading →
Last weekend I joined Green Party of Québec leader Alex Tyrrell on the 5th stop of his tour of Quebec war factories. We traveled to Pratt & Whitney Canada’s (PWC) large facility in Longueuil in a bid to raise awareness of the Greens’ campaign to shutter the arms industry. PWC has provided engines for US,... Continue Reading →
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