Military spending

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Canada

Peace activists demand CPP divestment from war profiteers

PV October 14, 2022

By Ed Lehman An October 12 meeting of the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) was dominated by peace advocates calling for divestment from war profiteers. Ed Lehman of the Regina Peace Council observed...

6 Minutes

Canada Climate and environment

Fighter jets or green electricity – the $19 billion question!

PV Editor April 6, 2022

F-35 purchase could instead finance conversion of 2/3 of fossil fuel electricity in two years Dave McKee On March 28, the government came clean on one of its worst kept secrets of the decade...

Canada -3 Minutes

Stop the fighter jet purchase

Editorial December 10, 2021

On November 26, peace and antiwar activists launched a week of actions to oppose the Canadian government’s planned purchase of 88 new fighter jets. At an expected cost of at least $76 billion, these...