The Canadian Peace Alliance will take part in the Occupy Bay Street rumpus in Toronto tomorrow. "The contingent is part of the CPA's mandate to connect with and support new and growing movements for peace and justice. In that spirit, the CPA has recently launched a campaign called "Peace and prosperity, not war and austerity," making the links between rapidly increasing military spending and severe cuts to social services like healthcare and education."
I read CPA resolutions so you don't have to. Here are some resolutions from this weekend's "Canadian Peace Alliance" convention:
ELIMINATE THE CANADIAN MILITARY:
"Therefore Be It Resolved that the Canadian Peace Alliance urge the Government of Canada to make it a priority to eliminate the military and to divert the funding of military recruitment, facilities, equipment, etc, to human needs and social programs."
". . . .Be It Further Resolved that the Canadian Peace Alliance continues its campaign to curtail all activities and funding for Military Recruitment in all Canadian educational facilities and divert these funds towards non-violent peace studies as well as methods to reverse climate change."
MOUNT CROSS-CANADA CAMPAIGN SUPPORTING THE KHOMEINISTS' RACE TO ACQUIRE NUKES:
". . .THE CANADIAN PEACE ALLIANCE RESOLVES THAT; 1. it shall raise the slogan, "NO SANCTIONS, NO ATTACK ON IRAN!" in its on-going activities; 2. it shall strive to make the Canadian public aware of the dangers of war with Iran and to promote the cause of peace and international solidarity; 3. it shall sponsor a cross-Canada speaking tour of respected scholars on the subject of Iran, its compliance with regulations of the IAEA and its right to national self-determination, including the pursuit of nuclear energy for peaceful purposes."
NO NUKES FOR NATO:
"Because: Canada is a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation which continues to have a first strike nuclear weapons doctrine.The Canadian Peace Alliance will campaign for the abolition of nuclear and all weapons of mass destruction."
OPPOSE THE LIBYAN REVOLUTION:
"Be it resolved that the Canadian Peace Alliance continues to strongly oppose all foreign interference and “humanitarian” imperialist occupation of Libya and calls upon the anti-war movement in Canada to uphold a foreign policy for Canada based on diplomacy as opposed to the use of violence to settle conflicts within and between nations."
NEVERMIND THE UN AND NEVERMIND WHAT THE SECURITY COUNCIL SAYS, IT'S AN ILLEGAL US OCCUPATION, TROOPS OUT OF AFGHANISTAN:
"The Canadian Peace Alliance will renew the practice of organizing an annual cross-Canada day of action in the fall to oppose the illegal and unjust U.S.-led occupation of Afghanistan as the most important political activity every year until such time as all NATO forces including Canada end the occupation."
MOBILIZATION IN SUPPORT OF LIBBY DAVIES AND PAUL DEWAR. OH WAIT. BETTER NOT MENTION THEIR NAMES:
"The Canadian Peace Alliance will mobilize its member groups and work with allies to shift the House of Commons against war, occupation, violating international law, deporting war resisters, and military spending. . ."
WE NEED MORE AMERICAN HIPPIES, BETTER TENURE FOR INCOMPETENT PROFESSORS, MORE HAMAS PROPAGANDISTS:
"The Canadian Peace Alliance will 1. support the initiatives of war resisters groups to end the deportation of foreign war resisters to all unjust wars, including Afghanistan and Iraq. . . defend the rights of students, academics and all activists engaged in anti-imperialist solidarity, such as with the Palestinian people. . ."
CANADA OUT OF NATO!
Why? Because NATO actions, "camouflaged as humanitarian interventions, are in fact neo-colonial adventures to bring small and vulnerable countries back into the spheres of influence of the European Union and the USA" and because NATO has "caused millions of deaths, destroyed national infrastructures, impoverished whole populations, and created millions of refugees to enrich the Great Powers and were absolutely not in the best interest of Canada and Canadians. . . "
WE HEART HAMAS! THEY'RE NEEDED FOR PEACE! DECRIMINALIZE HAMAS!
"Whereas the listing by the Canadian government of Hamas as a “terrorist group” is counterproductive to efforts to involve Hamas in the continuing attempts to achieve peace and reconciliation between Israel and Palestine, BIRT the Canadian Peace alliance strive to persuade the Government of Canada to take Hamas off its terrorist list."
WE HEART HEZBOLLAH! THEY'RE NEEDED FOR PEACE! DECRIMINALIZE HEZBOLLAH!
"Whereas the listing by the Canadian government of Hezbollah as a “terrorist group” is counterproductive to efforts to achieve peace and reconciliation within Lebanon, BIRT the Canadian Peace alliance strive to persuade the Government of Canada to take Hezbollah off its terrorist list. . ."
FIGHTING TERRORISM IS ISLAMOPHOBIC, LET THE TERRORISTS IN. FREE THE TERRORISTS WE'VE CAUGHT. LET THE REST COME TO CANADA!
WHEREAS the campaign against Security Certificates has helped to expose the hypocritical and unethical actions of the secret police services in Canada - CSIS, CBSA, and the RCMP,. . [BE IT RESOLVED THAT] THE CPA therefore renews its commitment to oppose Security Certificates, and all similar attacks on Muslims and their civil liberties under the guise of "fighting terrorism. . .BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT the CPA demand that: - The Security Certificate process be abolished; - That those currently detained under Security Certificates have the Certificates lifted, and . . .that they not be deported."
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