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On October 1st, a Saudi cargo ship is due to dock in Port Saint John, New Brunswick.
Weapons of war--Made-in-Canada light armoured vehicles (LAVs)--will be loaded onto the ship and transported to Saudi Arabia as part of Canada’s $15b arms deal with the Kingdom. #canlab
Weapons of war--Made-in-Canada light armoured vehicles (LAVs)--will be loaded onto the ship and transported to Saudi Arabia as part of Canada’s $15b arms deal with the Kingdom. #canlab
Originally signed by the Conservative government of Stephen Harper, the deal has been upheld by @liberal_party government of @JustinTrudeau.
Saudi Arabia has committed war crimes in Yemen and has contributed to what the UN has called the “world's worst humanitarian crisis”.
Saudi Arabia has committed war crimes in Yemen and has contributed to what the UN has called the “world's worst humanitarian crisis”.
Saudi Arabia ranks in the @ituc's “10 worst countries for workers' rights in 2019." See: ituc-csi.org/RI19
@amnesty lists Saudi Arabia as one of its "10 Global Hot Spots for Major Human Rights Violations." Amnesty has called Saudi Arabia a "kingdom of cruelty." See: amnesty.org/en/latest/news…
As European dockworkers courageously refused to load arms destined for Saudi, over 1,250 academics, labor and peace activists, @NDP MPs and MPPs, and the @CouncilofCDNs, @rideauinstitute, @bcgeu, @CUPEOntario, and @yemenicanada called on
@CanadianLabour to:
@CanadianLabour to:
1. Publicly oppose the $15b Canada-Saudi arms deal
2. Declare military goods destined for Saudi as “hot cargo.”
3. Coordinate labour movement opposition to the deal.
2 months have passed and we have yet to hear from @hassan_yussuff and @CanadianLabour.
2. Declare military goods destined for Saudi as “hot cargo.”
3. Coordinate labour movement opposition to the deal.
2 months have passed and we have yet to hear from @hassan_yussuff and @CanadianLabour.
This campaign has not gone away. Stay tuned and follow #StopSaudiArmsDeal for updates between now and October 1st.
On this Labour Day, we call on @CanadianLabour to take a stand for peace.
On this Labour Day, we call on @CanadianLabour to take a stand for peace.
In the face of the global climate crisis, migration crisis, and a political crisis in which right-wing politicians demonize migrants and refugees while pushing an agenda of austerity, environmental destruction, and war that drives displacement and migration...
...@CanadianLabour must stand for a green, peaceful socially just economy in which good jobs do not depend on developing, building, and shipping weapons of war. #canlab #LabourDay2019 #stopsaudiarmsdeal
