Canada-Wide Peace and Justice Network members have been actively advocating for Peace in Ukraine for many months and are continuing to do so. We as a collective have pushed for deescalation and an end to this war and once more are raising the alarm to the threat of nuclear deployment facing humanity. In addition to organizing a rally in your community, we encourage you to write or meet with your local MP, write a letter to the editor, donate or sign any petition calling for peace.
Canada has blood on its hands.
March 26 2022 marks seven years of the brutal war in Yemen. A war that has killed over a quarter of a million people. Over 4 million people have been displaced because of the war, and 70% of the population, including 11.3 million children, are in desperate need of humanitarian assistance.
The Saudi-led coalition has bombed Yemeni markets, hospitals, and civilians, and yet Canada has exported over $8 billion in arms to Saudi Arabia since 2015, the year the Saudi-led military intervention in Yemen began. It’s despicable for Canada to be profiting from selling billions in arms to Saudi Arabia.
After months of escalating organizing across the country — from arms blockades and banner drops, to car caravans and dozens of protests, to media exposés and damning reports — we know the Trudeau government is feeling the pressure.
The war in Yemen must stop! Antiwar and peace activists and organizations are marking 7 years of the war on Yemen with a day of action on March 26 & 27.
Use this online tool to send a letter to your MP calling on the Canadian government to stop sending weapons to Saudi Arabia and stop arming the horrific war in Yemen.
Email your MP hereCall on Canada to stop fueling the 7-year-long war in Yemen. When submitted, this petition will obligate the Trudeau Government to submit an official response.
Thank you to everyone who came out to an action on March 26-27 in 7 cities across Canada to call for an end to the war in Yemen and to demand #CanadaStopArmingSaudi. More photos, videos, and news coverage here.
TORONTO RALLY◉ 2pm, Sunday March 27
◉ Matt Cohen Park, at Bloor & Spadina (725 Spadina Ave). Across the street from the office of MP Chrystia Freeland, the Deputy Prime Minister
It is deeply hypocritical and racist for Canada to #StandWithUkraine and condemn the #UkraineWar, while continuing the brutal killing of Yemenis by sending billions in arms to Saudi Arabia. Join us outside Freeland’s office on Sunday to denounce Canada’s deadly hypocrisy in valuing the lives of some war victims over others and demand that #CanadaStopArmingSaudi immediately, and stop fueling the horrific war in Yemen.
Vancouver Protest Action
March 26, 2022, 4:00pm
Georgia & Granville (in front of Canada line SkyTrain station). Downtown Vancouver.
For more info email: info@mawovancouver.org Organized by Mobilization Against Way and Occupation (MAWO), Yemeni Community Association of Canada, Fire This Time Movement for Social Justice
Ottawa Protest March from Global Affairs Canada to Saudi Embassy and Parliament Hill
MANIFESTATION à Montréal, samedi le 26 mars à 14 h
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Join us Saturday, March 26 in Waterloo for the Canada-wide Day of Action to call for “Canada to stop arming Saudi Arabia. End the War in Yemen.” Our peace vigil will be held from 2:00-3:00pm at Waterloo Public Square, 75 King St. Organized by the Canadian Voice of Women for Peace. More info: tlorincz@dal.ca
Canada has blood on its hands.
Now approaching its seventh year, the war in Yemen has killed over a quarter of a million people. Over 4 million people have been displaced because of the war, and 70% of the population, including 11.3 million children, are in desperate need of humanitarian assistance.
The Saudi-led coalition has bombed Yemeni markets, hospitals, and civilians, and yet Canada has exported over $8 billion in arms to Saudi Arabia since 2015, the year the Saudi-led military intervention in Yemen began. It’s despicable for Canada to be profiting from selling arms to Saudi Arabia.
The UN Human Rights Council has twice named Canada as one of the states fueling the ongoing war in Yemen by continuing arms sales to Saudi Arabia.
After months of escalating organizing across the country — from arms blockades and banner drops, to car caravans and dozens of protests, to media exposés and damning reports — we know the Trudeau government is feeling the pressure.
Send a letter now calling on the Canadian government to stop sending weapons to Saudi Arabia and stop arming the horrific war in Yemen. Canada must immediately end all arms exports to Saudi Arabia, expand humanitarian aid for the people of Yemen, and work with trade unions to develop a plan for a just transition for arms industry workers who would be impacted by the cessation of arms exports to Saudi Arabia.
It’s time to make Canadian militarism an election issue. Click on each of the four sections below to learn more about our demands.
Members of the Canada-Wide Peace and Justice Network have put out the following election resources.
A detailed guide on Canadian federal parties’ positions on the Middle East
Vote for Disarmament #ElectPeace fact sheet
Informed questions for candidates
Party Report Cards: Top Global Minority Human Rights Concerns
A proposal for reimagining Canadian foreign policy
A non-partisan campaign galvanizing Canadian voters to raise Palestinian human rights in the federal election.
Campaign calling for a human rights based approach on Canada’s policies on self-determination for Kashmir
Federal Leaders asked where they stand in support of human rights and international law for Palestinians.
March 25/26 marks 6 years of a brutal U.S.-backed, Canada-armed, Saudi-led war on Yemen. Alongside an indiscriminate and ongoing bombing campaign, Saudi Arabia and the UAE, backed by the United States, have imposed an air, land and sea blockade on Yemen. The blockade has caused critical fuel and food shortages, resulting in 400,000 children at risk of dying right now in Yemen, as reported by CNN. Even before the Covid-19 pandemic, the United Nations had declared Yemen the worst humanitarian crisis in the world. Now Yemen is facing famine along with the Covid-19 pandemic, with an overwhelmed medical system devastated by war and blockade.
Alongside the U.S. and U.K., Canada also has blood on its hands as it also continues to profit from selling arms to Saudi Arabia and other countries in the military coalition. On September 28, 2020, the UN Human Rights Council named Canada as one of the parties fueling the ongoing war in Yemen by continuing arms sales to Saudi Arabia. Canada exported nearly $2.9-billion worth of military equipment to Saudi Arabia in 2019.
The war on Yemen must stop! Antiwar and peace activists and organizations are marking 6 years of the war on Yemen with days of action on March 25 and 26. As fellow activists across Canada, we encourage you to hold actions in your towns and cities on these days. Actions can include street actions, car caravans, webinars, letter writing, and social media campaigns, considering your local situation.
Whatever action you decide to take, remember to reflect your action on social media with the hashtag #CanadaStopArmingSaudi and #YemenCantWait so activists and organizations across Canada can amplify each others actions!
On March 1st, the Canada-Wide Peace and Justice Network publicly launched a letter signed by 68 organizations, representing one million people, calling on the Canadian government and Canadian companies to stop sending weapons to Saudi Arabia and stop arming the horrific war in Yemen. For the first time, it publicly named 28 companies in Canada implicated in this arms trade.
Since the letter was launched on March 1st it’s been hand-delivered to government officials and MPs across the country, and protests and banner drops have been held at the locations of the companies listed who are arming Saudi Arabia and profiting off of the war in Yemen.
The Canada-Wide Peace and Justice Network wrote the following letter condemning the Canadian government and Canadian companies’ ongoing profiteering off of arming Saudi Arabia and sending weapons to the worst humanitarian situation on the planet in Yemen.
We’re pleased to announce that 68 organizations across Canada, representing nearly one million people, have signed on to demand that Canada #StopArmingSaudi and to highlight 28 companies in Canada complicit in this arms deal.
On March 1st, the letter was delivered to Prime Minister Trudeau’s office. Throughout the week it will be delivered to the companies and government officials named across Canada.
The full letter is available for download here.
Help spread the word on social media! Sample messaging here and shareable graphics here.
Residents of Canada are invited to sign these two parliamentary petitions:
