Trudeau faces series of setbacks to corporate, imperial policies
As much as some Canadians would like to believe their country is a force for good in the world, the truth is more sobering. Extreme inequality is rampant and the Canadian government is an important...
View ArticleThe trouble with Canadian aid
Global Affairs Canada, international development studies departments and many NGOs are celebrating International Development Week. Lost amidst the salute to Canadian aid is the self-serving dark side...
View ArticleCan NGOs be progressive despite dependence on Ottawa?
“It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it” Upton Sinclair International Development Week (IDW) highlights how a large swath of...
View ArticleHaitians right to be angry at UN
The United Nations may be necessary to build a better world, but that doesn’t mean the international body should be above criticism. The case of Haiti reveals how the UN can be part of the problem...
View ArticleHaitian official stashes wealth in Montréal
Recent media reports of a Haitian official stashing wealth in Montréal property ignore a key element of the story: Canada’s contribution to enabling Haitian corruption. As a neo-Duvalierist regime...
View ArticleCanadian backed police support dictatorship in Haiti
Canada is supporting a dictatorship in Haiti. And our government is not just offering some vague assistance, but rather is paying for the central instrument of that dictatorship’s repression. Ottawa is...
View ArticleRacial capitalism and the betrayal of Haiti
Domination by multinational corporations and “light skinned” local capitalists — that’s the story of Haiti as illustrated by one recent event. The day after his already paper-thin constitutional...
View ArticleBroadbent Institute head smears Ashton, Robinson and internationalism
Broadbent Institute head Rick Smith should just be frank and say he hates Palestinians and doesn’t care about internationalism. On Tuesday Smith tweeted that it was disturbing that NDP MP Niki Ashton...
View ArticleIsrael lobby attacks progressive internationalism
On Wednesday the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs attacked the left wing of the NDP. In a release titled “Board of Deputies of British Jews and the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs (CIJA)...
View ArticleGarneau and Blinken meet to subvert Haitian democracy
After Canada’s Foreign Affairs Minister Marc Garneau and new US Secretary of State Antony Blinken held their first bilateral meeting Global Affairs’ release mentioned China, Iran, Venezuela, Cuba and…...
View ArticleB’nai B’rith smear doesn’t change facts about university funding
B’nai B’rith is at it again. The racist group is smearing a pro-Palestinian voice for pointing out a simple truth about Canadian life. Last week the anti-Palestinian organization released a statement...
View ArticleGlobe & Mail fearmongers about foreign influence while ignoring US government...
It’s curious how Globe and Mail reporters troubled by foreign influence over Canadian politics regularly turn to US-government-funded groups in this country. Are they aware of this irony? Or is their...
View ArticleIsrael lobby group has no credibility to lecture NDP on racism
It’s heating up. With a month to go before the NDP convention the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs (CIJA) has twice attacked Palestine solidarity and the left of the party. In a Twitter thread on...
View ArticlePalestine solidarity delivers blow to JNF colonialism
Score a small, but symbolically significant, victory for pro-Palestinian and anti-racist forces. The Jewish National Fund of Canada has been forced to rebrand and distance itself from its Israeli...
View ArticleCriticism of Canadian policy in Haiti growing
A growing number of voices are criticizing Canadian policy in Haiti and a petition to be read in Parliament on Monday will shine a light on the historical roots of the issue. In recent weeks many...
View ArticleCanadian aid to Yemen is a humanitarian band-aid
Too often international “aid” seems to be like the rich and powerful buying “indulgences” to atone for their sins in medieval times. Certainly it is commonly doled out to gloss over global inequities....
View ArticleHaitians march on Canadian Embassy
People everywhere around the world love and respect Canadians, or so we’re told. So how do you explain what’s going on in Haiti? On Sunday protesters in Port-au-Prince marched on the Canadian Embassy....
View ArticleWhy Canada should leave NATO
NATO is a bad influence. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization strengthens the worst tendencies of our political culture. Ricochet recently reported on internal government documents regarding a...
View ArticleWhy the NDP needs a new defence critic
What should be expected from a “defence critic” for a left-wing political party? An easy answer might be criticism from the left, but in the case of the NDP that doesn’t happen much. The Department of...
View ArticleIsrael lobby’s bid to suppress NDP debate reflects their strength and weakness
At the upcoming NDP convention the social democratic party’s members should have the opportunity to vote on two widely endorsed pro-Palestinian resolutions. But Canada’s pro-Israel lobby groups are...
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