Letter from the President of the Canadian Labour Congress to Prime Minister Stephen Harper on the Arms Trade Treaty. Please click on attachment to view document
The Ploughshares Monitor: Winter 2011
Volume 32 Issue 4 A quarterly publication of Project Ploughshares Please click on attachment to view PDF document: 1.8KB
Toward a Nuclear Weapons Convention: A role for Canada
Report on the Expert Seminar held April 11 and 12, 2011 in Ottawa The expert seminar “Toward a Nuclear Weapons Convention: A Role for Canada” held in Ottawa, April 11 and 12, 2011, included participants from the academic community and civil society, as well as diplomats, parliamentarians, and government officials. The discussions addressed a broad range of legal, political, security, …
Libya and R2P
Briefing 11-2 Author John Siebert The NATO implementation of a no-fly zone to protect Libyan civilians, which began on March 19, has now explicitly morphed into regime change by bombing runs. The intensive daylight bombing of Tripoli on June 7 and recent statements by Canadian government ministers confirm the fundamental confusion between the goals of civilian protection and regime change. …
The Ploughshares Monitor: Winter 2010
Volume 31 Issue 4 A quarterly publication of Project Ploughshares Please click on attachment to view PDF document: 3.65MB
The Ploughshares Monitor: Autumn 2010
Volume 31 Issue 3 A quarterly publication of Project Ploughshares Please click on attachment to view PDF document: 2.34MB
Why Joint Strike Fighter Aircraft? Program costs rise and benefits carry risks
Briefing 10-3 Author Kenneth Epps For what may become the most expensive procurement program in Canadian history, the government of Canada has provided a sparse rationale for procuring a future stealth fighter aircraft without competition. The costs of the announced purchase continue to rise, life-cycle expenses are likely to be much higher than floated estimates, and industrial benefits are not …
Pentagon Orders with General Dynamics in Canada Exceed $1-Billion
Author Kenneth Epps The Ploughshares Monitor Summer 2010 Volume 31 Issue 2 Following recent major Canadian military industry acquisitions, US corporation General Dynamics has emerged as the dominant recipient of Pentagon contracts brokered by the Canadian Commercial Corporation (CCC). The crown-owned Canadian Commercial Corporation has reported that three subsidiaries of US-based General Dynamics Corporation together won more than $1-billion in Pentagon …
U.S. Policy and the Arms Trade Treaty
Author Rachel Stohl Working Paper 10-1 Unlike their nuclear counterparts, conventional weapons have been relatively unregulated in international forums. Because the global trade in conventional arms is a necessary and integral part of global security and international commerce, States have been hesitant to place conditions on and criteria for the transfer of conventional weapons. Global agreements on conventional arms have …
Practical Steps to Zero Nuclear Weapons: Conference Report
Sponsored by the Canadian Network to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, the Canadian Pugwash Group, Physicians for Global Survival, Project Ploughshares and World Federalist Movement Canada, the report outlines recommendations made during “Practical Steps to Zero Nuclear Weapons,” a conference held in Ottawa in January 2010. In light of the shift in global thinking for a nuclear weapons-free world, a position championed …
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