Government by CSIS

Aidan Jonah Left: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Right: A sign for the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) Canada’s political elites and mainstream media are in the pocket of CSIS, now the lead servant of Canadian capital. The Canadian people will suffer dearly for this. NDP Member of Parliament (MP) Jenny Kwan is the latest…

While Thousands of Venezuelans Died, Chrystia Freeland Called for Sanctions with ‘More Bite’

Owen Schalk Lima Group heads of diplomacy Chrystia Freeland (center) and U.S. Ambassador to Canada Kelly Craft appeared before reporters at the end of their meeting. THE CANADIAN PRESS / SEAN KILPATRICK Sanctions have caused widespread harm and exacerbated the region’s migration crisis Sanctions have become the most common weapon of war used by the…

Canadian Aid for Cuba? 35 National and Regional Organizations Support it

Stephen Kimber and John Kirk Fidel Castro: “Luchar contra lo imposible y vencer” (“To fight against the impossible and win”).  Cuba desperately needs food and medical aid now. It also deserves an end to the longest-standing embargo in modern times It is not often that the United Church of Canada, the (Anglican) Primate’s World Relief and Development…

Ukraine and the “Disinformation” Project: How Universities, NATO, and Intelligence Agencies Suppress Dissent

Tamara Lorincz  has a Masters in International Politics & Security Studies from the University of Bradford and a Law degree and MBA from Dalhousie University. She’s a member of the Canadian Voice of Women for Peace and the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom-Canada. Tamara is also on the board of the Global Network…

‘Colonial Canada and the Caribbean’

To mark Black History Month, the Canadian Foreign Policy Institute hosted a webinar discussion on Canada’s colonial role in the Caribbean, past and present, from Canadian trade relations with the slave plantation economy to gunboat diplomacy and Canadian banking power in the late 1800s. This event featured discussion with four people, two of which are…

Canada and the US Target China’s Mining Industry as Part of Their New Cold War

Owen Schalk A cobalt mine in central Africa. Image by Fairphone/Flickr. ‘Decoupling’ from China Means More Canadian Exploitation of Latin America, Africaa Last year, Ottawa announced its first-ever Critical Minerals Strategy, a program aimed at securing and expanding the access of Canadian companies to certain minerals deemed essential for the economy’s functioning. These 31 minerals, “the…

Could Hassan Diab Be the Latest Victim of Gladio Stay-Behind Armies?

Cym Gomery Student protest in Rome on Dec. 12, 1990, anniversary of the Piazza Fontana massacre. Banner reads Gladio = State sponsored terrorism. Source: Il Post. On April 21, 2023, the French Court of Assize declared Palestinian-Canadian professor Hassan Diab guilty of the 1980 rue Copernic bombing in Paris, despite proof that he was not…

The Covert Machinations of Canada in Haiti’s Tragic Destiny

Karl Fluri Haiti, comrades, stands before us as a harrowing testament to the crimes committed by imperialist powers. More than two centuries ago, the brave Haitian people rose up against the chains of French colonialism, reclaiming their freedom from the clutches of oppression. But their audacity to challenge colonial forces came at a heavy price….

While Pushing Ukraine Proxy War, Canada Struggled to Evacuate Citizens from Sudan

Steven Sahiounie Canadian military aircraft deliver Ukraine-bound military aid not only from Canada, but from allies and partners, but Canada recently found it difficult to fly its citizens home from a war zone. Canadian citizens were caught-up in the war zone in Sudan, where two rival generals are fighting for power and control. CTV News…

G7 Desecrates Hiroshima A-Bomb Memory with Warmongering Summit

Strategic Culture Foundation Editorial The Group of Seven held a de facto war summit in Hiroshima, a place that is synonymous with the horror and evil of war. The United States-led “Group of Seven” cabal held one of their increasingly meaningless jamborees this weekend in the Japanese city of Hiroshima. The posturing of solemnity by…

Canada Played a Key Role in Neoliberalizing Ukraine

Peter Korotaev Canadian foreign minister Melanie Joly on the left, Ukrainian Defence Minister Oleksii Reznikov on the top right and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on the bottom right. | Image credit: CGTN, FC Dynamo Kyiv and Fox News The 2019 ‘Ukraine Reform Conference’ in Toronto The ‘Ukraine Reform Conference’ is as an annual event…

Canada: Green Party Co-Leaders Succumb to Moral Cowardice in a Time of War

Dimitri Lascaris Green Party of Canada co-leaders Jonathan Pedneault and Elizabeth May walking down a street. On January 31, 2023, Green Party leader Elizabeth May gave a press conference in which she revealed that the Green Party under her leadership now supports the transfer of weapons to Ukraine. As I explained in a post I…

Canada’s Hypocrisy: The Blood on Trudeau’s Hands in Palestine, Yemen and Beyond

Karl Fluri Fellow comrades of the revolutionary struggle. It is with great outrage and indignation that I report to you the treacherous and criminal actions of the Canadian government. Once again, we find ourselves facing the grim reality of Canadian imperialism and its destructive impact on the world’s oppressed peoples. From Palestine and Yemen to…

Canadians Challenge Calls for a Foreign Influence Registry

Daniel Xie On April 14, 2023, Petition E-4395 became available for signature on the House of Commons website. This petition was drafted in response to plans for the implementation of a “Foreign Influence Transparency Registry” that is being considered by the Trudeau government; this being in response to baseless allegations being spread by CSIS and…

Cuba Seeks Medical and Agricultural Cooperation with Canada

Camila Escalante Cuba’s Consul General in Toronto, Jorge Yanier Castellanos Orta, speaks at an event hosted by the A Different Booklist bookstore, organized by the Toronto Forum on Cuba. | Photo Credit: Camila Escalante. The government of Cuba is prepared to provide medical assistance to Canada and First Nations communities, having formally offered to send…

NED Funded Group Equates Tibet Schools to Canadian Residential Schools

Jerry Grey A National Endowment for Democracy (NED) funded group is interfering in Canadian politics, by waging a campaign comparing Canada’s genocidal residential schools to schools in Tibet, China. A news report released on December 8, 2021, by the state-funded Canadian Broadcasting Company (CBC), centered on a Tibetan Action Institute (TAI) report. This report, “Separated…

Arsonist Ex-Ukrainian Government Minister Assisted Canadian Government-Funded Nazi Propaganda Bus Tour

Christian Shingiro and Aidan Jonah The Trade Unions Building in Odessa burning in 2014, after neo-Nazis and other right-wing forces, counting Stepan Kubiv among them, set it on fire. 42 Ukrainians opposed to the Maidan coup were killed in the fire. (Source) ATIP requests and an interview with Ukrainian economist Roman Gubriienko have revealed that…

Mexico: Is AMLO’s Resource Nationalism Raising the Odds of a Coup?

Owen Schalk Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador. Photo courtesy Presidencia de la República Washington and Ottawa are not only attempting to weaken AMLO’s government—they are attempting to weaken Mexican democracy One of the key tenets of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s “fourth transformation” government is state sovereignty over Mexico’s energy resources. This transformation…