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Asked about the illegality of the US-Israeli attack on Iran, Carney admits that “it appears that these actions are inconsistent with international law,” while simultaneously reaffirming that he supports it “in context.” This is not a principled foreign policy, it is a total mess.
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In the French federal debate, Jagmeet Singh challenges Mark Carney on Gaza: “Why don’t you call things as they are? This is a genocide.” Carney claims that the term “politicizes the situation.” We know that if you can’t name genocide, you definitely won’t stop it.
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Breaking: Justin Trudeau denies genocide in Gaza, saying that 🇨🇦 rejects the "premise" of South Africa's fact-based and compelling case at the ICJ. Once again, Canada proves that its support for international law doesn't apply to Palestinians. #GazaGenocide #IsraelOnTrial
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Today, Prime Minister Mark Carney suggested he would not recognize a Palestinian state unless it was “Zionist.” In doing so, Carney is asking Palestinians to adopt the political ideology of their oppressors as a pre-condition for self-determination. He is dead wrong. Zionism has played a central role in the dispossession and oppression of the Palestinian people, and Palestinians have absolutely no obligation to endorse it. Moreover, the ICJ has affirmed that the right to Palestinian self-determination is inalienable and “cannot be subject to conditions on the part of the occupying Power.” Carney must immediately apologize for these deeply ignorant and offensive statements. Neither Canada nor Israel get a right to veto Palestinian freedom.
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We are alarmed that Prime Minister Mark Carney is refusing to “categorically rule out” Canada’s participation in the war on Iran, even after he acknowledged yesterday that the US-Israeli attacks appear to violate international law. It shouldn’t be this difficult. Canadians do not want to join this illegal war of aggression, and we refuse to let allow Carney leave that door open.
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CBC aired a news broadcast on the U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran where host Rosemary Barton allowed Israeli politician Yair Lapid to advocate for foreign-imposed regime change in Iran without meaningful journalistic challenge. Lapid argued that Iran’s slain Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, was not a legitimate head of state, using this claim to suggest that Iran is not entitled to the protections normally afforded to sovereign states under international law. Such reasoning misrepresents international law and directly conflicts with Article 2(4) of the UN Charter, which prohibits the threat or use of force against the political independence of any state. CBC undermines its own journalistic credibility by failing to challenge this reasoning and allowing a foreign political leader to advocate for the selective application of the rules-based international order. He followed this argument by stating that continued airstrikes on Iran as a means of facilitating regime change, arguing that military action could weaken the Iranian state and enable a civilian uprising that would bring about democracy and that “freedom” in Iran could result from Israeli and U.S. airstrikes. At no point did the host reference reports from UNESCO and the Red Crescent indicating that a coordinated U.S.-Israeli airstrike on the Shajareh Tayyebeh girls' primary school in Minab killed approximately 150 civilians, most of them children. Lapid argued that military action was necessary to prevent Iran from becoming a nuclear power, suggesting that without foreign intervention Iran will obtain an atomic bomb and potentially use it against Israel. However, there is no verified evidence that Iran currently possesses nuclear weapons. The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, stated Monday that while Iran’s nuclear program is “ambitious,” there is currently no evidence of an active nuclear weapons program. Further, Iran offered the day before the US and Israel attacks that they would agree to “never” stockpile enriched uranium as part of negotiations. Ms. Barton doesn’t challenge the longstanding U.S. and Israeli narrative that Iran is perpetually on the brink of developing nuclear weapons, a claim that has been invoked for decades to manufacture consent for further military aggression. Public broadcasters such as CBC have a professional obligation to challenge unsubstantiated claims—particularly when a foreign political figure is advocating for expanded military operations against another sovereign state. By failing to provide humanitarian context or legal scrutiny, CBC is normalizing civilian harm as an acceptable by-product of western imperialism. Please click on this link to launch an email in which you can draft a response to this media coverage:
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You can’t say you are “committed to a peaceful future in the Middle East” while allowing the transfer of Canadian weapons to the Israeli military amid a genocide. When asked why he hasn’t imposed a real arms embargo on Israel or cut off diplomatic ties in response to Israel’s slaughter of children and students, Justin Trudeau put the blame on Hamas and said that Israel has a right to defend itself. Thanks to the journalist who pressed Trudeau on his failure to take genocide seriously.
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![Just now in Parliament, Canada once again REFUSED to call for a ceasefire and an end to Israel’s bombardment of civilians in Gaza, which has killed more than 1,000 children in just over a week. Chrystia Freeland repeats that Canada “support[s] the State of Israel.”](https://image.24vids.com/tw-1713989301267030026/ext_tw_video_thumb/1713988723338047488/pu/img/QeJpY06ZO0tx34BQ.jpg)
Just now in Parliament, Canada once again REFUSED to call for a ceasefire and an end to Israel’s bombardment of civilians in Gaza, which has killed more than 1,000 children in just over a week. Chrystia Freeland repeats that Canada “support[s] the State of Israel.”
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Yesterday in Parliament, Jenny Kwan urged the government to support Bill C-233 and end Canadian complicity in attacks on civilians from Gaza to Minneapolis. Shamefully, Anita Anand’s response completely ignored the US loophole which allows millions in Canadian weapons to flow freely to murderous regimes.
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Today, Mark Carney refused to say whether US strikes on Iran violate international law, and instead spoke about Iran: “these are violations of international law, these are the ones we look to.” But that’s not how the law works — whatever Iran’s alleged actions, this does not give a green light for others to violate the UN Charter. Canada is clearly saying that international law does not apply to the US or Israel. #nowarwithiran
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Congratulations to new NDP leader Avi Lewis. A long-time supporter of the Palestine solidarity movement from a socialist, anti-Zionist Jewish tradition, Lewis used his first speech to oppose Israel’s genocide in Gaza and the illegal war on Iran. We look forward to seeing the NDP double-down on these anti-war principles and speak for the majority of Canadians who do not want their country to be complicit in genocide.
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Canada’s own crown corporation has been alerting the government for over a year about military sales to the U.S. being delivered to the Israeli military. When asked, Anita Anand didn’t give any explanation. Canada is knowingly arming genocide and still pretending otherwise.
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❗️Justin Trudeau urges Israel to show “maximum restraint” in Gaza, and says “the killing of women and children … of babies … has to stop.” But he STILL refuses to withdraw Canada’s support for Israel’s murderous war! If he wants the killing to stop, demand a #CeasefireNow!
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During a broadcast, CBC News claimed that Jerusalem Day—an Israeli holiday celebrating illegal occupation and notorious for violence against Palestinians—simply marked the "reunification of Israel." CBC effectively repeated Israeli talking points supporting a war crime. Following a CJPME complaint, CBC aired a correction clarifying that the Old City and East Jerusalem are occupied.
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It is important to hear Justin Trudeau confirm that Canada will abide by regulations and rulings of the ICC. But we want to see a public commitment that he will actively cooperate with the ICC in the arrest and prosecution of war criminals Netanyahu and Gallant.
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Canada’s Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand was asked about Canadian arms ending up in Sudan via the UAE. Although she says that she takes this issue “extremely seriously,” she has not stopped the flow of weapons. We know that UAE is arming the RSF paramilitaries, and that Canadian armoured vehicles are being used by the RSF in El Fasher. How long is Canada going to pretend that there isn’t a problem? We continue to call on Anand to suspend military exports to the UAE and investigate how Canadian weapons are fueling genocide in Sudan.
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When asked today if Canada is going to consider “limiting trade with Israel,” as the European Union is considering, Anita Anand opened the door to the possibility by saying Canada is “evaluating the relationship with Israel.” We cannot afford to keep stalling amid Israel’s genocide and annexation. We urge her to act immediately to cancel the Canada-Israel Free Trade Agreement and cut trade ties with Israel.
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A massive CBC investigation has just confirmed what we’ve suspected all along: The Canadian government knew our weapons were reaching Israel through the "U.S. Loophole"—and they were quietly investigating the legal fallout while publicly lying to us about it. Behind closed doors, a Crown corporation report (the CCC) was tracking these parts and citing ICJ genocide warnings. In public? Ministers looked us in the eye and said it wasn't happening. This isn’t a mistake—it’s international-scale gaslighting. We have a chance to end the deception. Bill C-233 is up for a vote in Parliament this March. It’s the "No More Loopholes Act," and it’s how we stop unregulated military trade for good. 🔗 ACT NOW: Link in bio to email your MP and read the full reports from CBC and The Maple.
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Just now in Parliament, Jagmeet Singh challenged @justintrudeau on the failure to respond to the genocidal statements of Israeli ministers. “What will it take for the Prime Minister to impose severe sanctions on Netanyahu and his extremist ministers?”
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Parliament is studying whether Canada should recognize the State of Palestine. CJPME's Michael Bueckert testified today that recognition must be accompanied by meaningful pressure on Israel, incl. sanctions, to force an end to its illegal control over Palestinian lives and territory.
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