Canada is still blocking aid to Afghanistan
A Taliban soldier in Kabul, August 21, 2022. Photo by Callum Darragh/Wikimedia Commons. It has been almost three years since the Taliban regained power in Afghanistan. Since then, the United…
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Open letter: Stop subsidizing genocide
Pro-Palestine rally in Helsinki, Finland, October 21, 2023. Photo from Wikimedia Commons. The following open letter has been signed by Gabor Maté, Yann Martel, Linda McQuaig, Roger Waters, Monia Mazigh,…
The NDP is incoherent on Gaza genocide
While criticizing the Trudeau government’s military exports to Israel, NDP leadership has largely adopted Israel’s framing of the war and condemned voices speaking out in support of Palestinians. This has…
Selina Robinson didn’t just abuse her position—she abused the legacy of the Holocaust
BC NDP MLA Selina Robinson. Photo courtesy Province of British Columbia/Flickr. “They don’t understand that it was a crappy piece of land with nothing on it. You know, there were…
BC scandal metastasizes
BC NDP MLA Selina Robinson speaks during a public Zoom call hosted by B’nai Brith on January 30, 2024. She referred to Gaza as a “crappy piece of land” in…
Ottawa shrugs off ICJ genocide verdict while cutting funds to Palestinian refugees
Health center operated by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) in the southern Gaza Strip. UNRWA was established by the General…
Gaza and Canada’s refugee double standard
Jihan Qunoo holding a press conference in front of the Prime Minister’s Office, Ottawa, December 19, 2023. Photo courtesy the Rural Rights Refugee Network. Nearly 50,000 Palestinians live in Canada.…
11 ways for Canada to end complicity in Israel’s crimes
Large group of Palestinian men detained by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) in Gaza. Photo by Itay Blumental/X. Canada’s recent vote in favour of a United Nations resolution demanding an…
Israel-Palestine: Where is Canada?
Thousands protest in downtown Toronto in solidarity with Palestinians, November 18, 2023. Photo by Fadi Salib. More than 400 signatories have endorsed this letter, among whom are respected international law,…
Canada has become indifferent to Palestinian suffering
Smoke billows and debris flies in the air as Gaza City is targeted during Israeli airstrikes, October 9, 2023. Photo by Mahmud Hams/AFP. In a Global News segment this past…
Ontario NDP’s expulsion of Sarah Jama is a flagrant betrayal
Sarah Jama and Ontario NDP leader Marit Stiles. Photo courtesy Marit Stiles/X. There can be few on the left in Canada who remain unaware of the vile treatment of Sarah…