Tax and shipping records appear to contradict Ottawa's claims
The government of Canada is adamant — with certain, shifting caveats — that it has not allowed arms shipments to Israel since January 2024, and yet Israeli import data and publicly available shipping records appear to contradict that claim.
We are witnessing unimaginable suffering in Gaza, as Israel uses starvation as a weapon of war through its blockade and militarized aid system.
People in Gaza are dying from malnutrition and hunger-related illnesses. This week, over 100 humanitarian organizations warned of mass starvation in Gaza. Aid workers, health care workers, and journalists cannot do their jobs because they, too, are facing starvation.
We write as a concerned group of 412 Canadians, including academics, lawyers, former and retired ambassadors (including to the United Nations), ministers and public servants, UN human rights experts, and civil society, labour and faith leaders, all deeply concerned with the catastrophic human rights and humanitarian crisis in Gaza, now into its twentieth month.
‘When we need to urgently build big things we have to do it ourselves,’ Vancouver-based author Seth Klein tells DeSmog.
U.S. President Donald Trump continues to upend global financial markets, with his chaotic tariff announcements last week plunging the Dow almost 4,000 points in two days and wiping out more than $4.8 trillion in value on the S&P 500.
