A little addendum to a form letter on worker's rights. https://workerstogether.ca/ Prime Minister Carney, much of what currently ails us circles back into income inequality. Please don't fight workers' demands while MPs give themselves raises: if people deserve comfortable remuneration for their labours then all people deserve comfortable remuneration for their labours. Please don't fight the postal workers. Please don't fight Indigenous people in court. Please don't leave it to the private sector to address housing shortages (but only for those they can make a profit off of). And please don't make jobs on the backs of a livable future for humanity on the planet. Oh, and please, sir: you seem like a very decent man -- your speech on humility and kindness was beautiful -- please condemn the genocide. Silence is complicity. On any other human rights issue, it doesn't seem so hard. Please: indiscriminate bombing and starvation of a people trapped i...
Dear Federal leaders, I am dismayed to learn that a recent report lists a Canadian company as the sole provider for $78.8 million of artillery propellants to the U.S., destined to Israel, being held by General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems - Canada (GD-OTS-Canada). This contract was awarded in September 2024, months after the Liberal government promised to halt weapons exports destined to Israel, as they are being investigated for genocide against the Palestinian people. There is simply no measure by which the actions of Israel against the Gaza Strip are not egregious. This is no time for politeness. The government must not be allowed to continue to violate human rights. As a signatory to the Arms Trade Treaty, it is prohibited to continue the sales of arms if there is a substantial risk of them being used to violate international and humanitarian law. I call on you to halt the General Dynamics Ordnance contract immediately and impose a true two-way arms...