Is Canada's 'left' marching to the beat of America's imperial drum?

By Dimitri Lascaras & Yves Engler, REAL News, January 16, 2019 Canadian author Yves Engler discusses the New Democratic leadership’s…

Why is Canada so hot under the collar about Venezuela?

By Thomas Walkom, the Star, Jan. 14, 2019 For mild-mannered Canada, the denunciation of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro was unusually…

Canada and the Rule of Law

By Kim Petersen, Dissident Voice, Jan. 2, 2019 Read part 2 Canada’s fealty to the rule of law is much spoken of nowadays by Liberal…

The roots of Venezuela’s economic crisis

By Sharmini Peris, Steve Ellner, & Greg Wilpert, REAL News, Dec. 28, 2018 As US sanctions against Venezuela take an ever-greater toll…

Saudi Arabia recruited Darfur children for war on Yemen: Report

By teleSUR, Dec. 29, 2018 Saudi Arabia recruited children from Sudan's conflict-torn Darfur region to fight in the Yemeni war. The…

Canada tries to use international law to support imperialism

By Yves Engler, Canadian Dimension, Dec. 28, 2018 Like the shopkeeper in the Monty Python dead parrot sketch who insists a deceased bird…

Canadians like to think of themselves as peacemakers. The Saudi arms deal suggests otherwise

By David Frank, The Globe & Mail, Dec. 27, 2018 David Frank is professor emeritus in Canadian history at the University of New…

Supreme Court set to hear Nevsun Resources case on Eritrea human rights abuses

By Julius Melnitzer, Financial Post, Dec. 27, 2018 The future of the Canadian resource industry hangs in the balance as the Supreme Court…

Canada on track for record arms sales to Saudi Arabia

By Ryan Donnelly, rabble.ca, Dec. 18, 2018 Statistics Canada latest trade data releases show that Canada is heading toward a record year…

Is Saudi Arabia deploying Canadian-made weapons in Yemen?

By Martin Lukacs, National Observer, Nov. 30, 2018 A collection of evidence posted online demonstrates that Canadian-made arms are being…

Remembering Canada’s military support for colonialism in Africa

By Yves Engler, Dissident, Nov. 27, 2018 Now that November 11 and the official “remembering” of our “heroes”, their “bravery” and “…

Canada and Saudi Arabia: Friends or enemies?

By Yves Engler, Counterpunch, Nov. 16, 2018 One has to admire the Canadian government’s manipulation of the media regarding its…

Women and children of Yemen cannot wait

By Bill Chambers, Julie Delahanty, & Gillian Barth, The Star, Nov. 15, 2018 A potential ceasefire in the Yemen war comes as a glimmer…

Billions in aid to Afghanistan wasted, including money from Canada, U.S. agency finds

By Robert Fife & Michelle Zilio, The Globe & Mail, Nov. 8, 2018 Billions of dollars in Western foreign aid to Afghanistan,…

Ottawa rejects senators' demand to give greater weight to human rights in arms deals

By Steven Chase, The Globe & Mail, Nov. 6, 2018 The Trudeau government, which is still weighing whether to suspend shipments in the $…

Canada’s mission in Mali: Modern colonialism

By Scott Taylor, The Chronicle Herald, Oct. 15, 2018 There was a news story last week about Canada’s United Nations peacekeeping mission…