Reprinted from Yves Engler’s website. Canada has long assisted the US bid to suffocate Cuba. And the roots of intelligence sharing undercut the idea of Ottawa standing up to US bullying. On Saturday the Globe and Mail confirmed that Canada has long spied on Cuba for...
Reprinted from Yves Engler’s website. The world is better off for Carney walking away from the Trump trade negotiations. But we must demand far more from Ottawa in terms of distancing the country from Washington’s economic and military bullying. Mark Carney was right...
Reprinted from Yves Engler’s website. Why was a Canadian colonel awarded a medal but the government kept quiet about it? Because most Canadians don’t want to assist a genocidal apartheid state’s aggression or an empire led by a president threatening annexation of...
Reprinted from Yves Engler’s website. Sunday was National Peacekeepers’ Day and the Canadian Forces had the temerity to celebrate the UN occupation of Haiti. Through UN missions Ottawa has contributed to major US imperial crimes. On its Facebook page the military...
Reprinted from Yves Engler’s website. In a bid to further subordinate Lebanon to US and Israeli dictates, Canada is devoting significant resources to the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF). If the country descends into civil war Canada will bear some responsibility. On...
Reprinted from Yves Engler’s website. Canadian media and politicians have all but ignored Congo’s recent World Court case against Rwanda. It’s unsurprising since Canada has enabled three decades of aggression, including by leading a bizarre, little known, UN mission...
Canada is moving towards direct war with Russia. And the escalation to the NATO proxy war is happening with barely any pushback. Recently Kremlin spokesperson Maria Zakharova threatened Ottawa over a Department of National Defence facilitated venture between Canadian...
As the US blockades Iranian ships from sending oil to China, Canada’s military has sent a large force to join Washington’s effort to threaten that country. As Mark Carney calls US ties a “weakness”, Canada’s armed forces are quadrupling down on their US orientation....
Reprinted from Yves Engler’s website. Prime Minister Mark Carney has floated the notion of deploying Canadian troops to Ukraine. This would be mistake. Canadian soldiers should not be dispatched to that country. Instead, it’s time for Ottawa to change tack and promote...
Reprinted from Yves Engler’s website. Canadian officials and commentators continue to justify the unspeakable horrors inflicted on people who have endured 22 months of a live-streamed holocaust in Gaza. After Israel assassinated six Palestinian journalists last week,...
