Canadian Foreign Policy Institute’s Tweets

Oct 16

No to Canadian military intervention in Haiti! Stand with Haitian people by taking a minute to email Canada’s leaders to call on them to start respecting Haiti's sovereignty & stop dictating Haitian affairs #StopUNinvasionofHaiti actionnetwork.org/letters/no-can

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Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East

@CJPME

Nov 12

Shamefully, 🇨🇦 continues its staunchly pro-Israel approach at the UN, refusing to support any resolutions which aim to uphold Palestinian rights. Example: Today,

@CanadaUN

voted AGAINST condemning Israel's illegal settlements at the UN (it passed 150 to 8) cjpme.org/un_dashboard_2

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@rabbleca

Nov 10

From Haiti to Iran, Canada disguises its imperialism with feminism

From Haiti to Iran, Canada disguises its imperialism with feminism

Canada's behaviour on the world stage shows that feminism will be invoked when convenient and often as a tool of imperialism.

Nov 10

3 years ago today Bolivia’s first Indigenous Pres was ousted. Hours after the military command forced Evo Morales to resign foreign minister Chrystia Freeland released a celebratory statement declaring “Canada stands with Bolivia and the democratic will of its people” #CFPhistory

Nov 10

REPLAY: In case you missed it, you can now watch last week's terrific webinar with

@medeabenjamin

and

@dimitrilascaris

on the role Canada and the US have played in Russia's war in Ukraine and the paths to peace. It is available on YouTube at: youtu.be/yo5bvtX__rY

African Stream

@african_stream

Nov 7

HAITIANS REJECT TRUDEAU'S INTERVENTION. Canada’s PM says he ‘has to’ intervene ‘one way or another’ in Haiti. #Haiti #AU #CORE #Canada

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The Hill Times

@TheHillTimes

Nov 5

Bhagwant Sandhu: Haiti does not need gunboat diplomacy #cdnpoli It needs to be able to chart its own course, without being thwarted by unelected autocrats. It also needs Canada to mind its own business. buff.ly/3UjtwAZ (subs)

WILPF Canada and 9 others

Nov 3

TOMORROW AT 6PM ET: Join

@medeabenjamin

co-founder of

@codepink

& lawyer

@dimitrilascaris

for a talk on the role Canada and the US have played in Russia's war in Ukraine and the paths to peace. REGISTER:us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regist

Nov 3

REPLAY: Did you miss Tuesday's timely discussion on the current crisis and uprising in Haiti and the role Canada has played? Terrific presentations, discussion & poetry with

now available on YouTube: youtu.be/IDlYKPGkGpc

Nov 2

On this day 105 years ago British Foreign Secretary Arthur Balfour proclaimed support for a Jewish homeland on land occupied mostly by Muslim & Christian Palestinians. Canada helped realize this crass expression of colonial thought. #CFPhistory

UN General Assembly says Israel must get rid of its nuclear arsenal - I24NEWS

Yves Engler

@EnglerYves

Nov 1

Canada joins Israel, Micronesia, Palau & US in opposing UN resolution backed by 152 countries calling for Israel to sign Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) & place its nuclear sites under the supervision of the International Atomic Energy Agency

i24news.tv

Five countries opposed the resolution on the 'risk of nuclear proliferation in the Middle East' - Click the link for more details.

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Nov 1

4 years ago today then foreign minister

@cafreeland

announced that should Canada win a seat on the UN Security Council it would act as an “asset for Israel” on the Council #CFPhistory

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Crisis and Uprising: Canada's Role in Haiti. After...

Nov 1

We are pleased to announce that journalist & historian

@vijayprashad

will be joining today's webinar alongside

@jafrikayiti

,poet El Jones &

@ijdh

founder Brian Concannon. Register for "Crisis and Uprising: Canada's role in Haiti". Starts at 7PM ET tonight!

us06web.zoom.us

Crisis and Uprising: Canada's Role in Haiti This webinar will address the current crisis and mass protests in Haiti. It will also delve into the role Canada has played from destabilizing and helping...

As climate change worsens, the Liberals are spending $300 billion on new warships

David Pugliese

@davidpugliese

Oct 30

As climate change worsens, the Liberals are spending $300 billion on new warships

canadiandimension.com

At this point, we should be accustomed to political leaders in Ottawa being alarmingly out of touch with the needs of ordinary Canadians. And yet, the federal government’s determination to purchase...

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Canada’s spending $300-billion on warships. We should talk about it. ⋆ The Breach

The Breach

@TheBreachMedia

Oct 28

Canada is spending $300B on warships, according to the PBO. Instead of 15 ships we don't need,

@Bianca_Kabibi

writes, we could lift all boil water advisories, build social housing for a million people, and launch era-defining renewable energy projects.

breachmedia.ca

Don’t waste the money on 15 new warships. Fund a Green New Deal.

World BEYOND War Canada and 2 others

NOV 4, 6PM: Join

co-founder of

& hear about her new book "War in Ukraine". She's joined by activist & lawyer

@dimitrilascaris

for a talk on the role of Canada & the US in Russia's war in Ukraine & the paths to peace. REGISTER: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regist

Canada Propped Up Venezuelan Astroturf Group Linked to Crumbling ‘Interim Government,’ Note Confirms

Oct 26

Canadian government funding quietly propped up an astroturf group led by a member of Venezuela’s self-appointed “interim government”. Great investigation into the scope of the Liberals ongoing effort to oust Venezuela govt, which has failed terribly

readthemaple.com

“This initiative, made up of and led by women belonging to the upper classes of Venezuela ... has little to say to the Venezuelan women of the popular sectors."

Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East

@CJPME

Oct 25

Yesterday in Parliament, NDP foreign affairs critic

@HMcPhersonMP

called out the refusal of some MPs to talk about human rights in Yemen and Palestine. “Children in Palestine are being murdered, and neither of the parties will talk about that.” #cdnpoli

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@rabbleca

Oct 23

When Freeland eats chocolate made from cocoa beans that African children were forced to harvest on plantations in Western companies’ supply chains, does she feel those children should die for democracy? #canpoli #cdnpoli #democracy

Chrystia Freeland thinks Africans should die for democracy

Canada's Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland recently made statements at the Brookings Institute that ignores Eurocolonial history.

Niki Ashton

@nikiashton

Oct 23

📣 GOING LIVE SOON Watch live: “A Discussion on #Brazil’s Election: Fascism, Ecocide & Canada’s Role” with

, Raul Burbano of

and lawyer Maximiliano Nagl Garcez JOIN HERE: act.progressive.international/pio-brasil-liv See you there!

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Yves Engler

@EnglerYves

Oct 22

200 marched in Montréal today from foreign minister ⁦

@melaniejoly

⁩ office to ⁦

@JustinTrudeau

⁩ office to say no to foreign military intervention in 🇭🇹 & for 🇨🇦 to withdraw from the colonial Core Group & to respect 🇭🇹 sovereignty

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Tamara Lorincz

@TamaraLorincz

Oct 22

I disrupted #Canada's Minister of

@NationalDefence

@AnitaAnandMP

. War in #Ukraine is not about "democracy". #Canada should call for a ceasefire not send more weapons.

@TorontoMet

Uni should have a real debate & stand for #peace.

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Canadian and US ‘assistance’ in Haiti, another invasion under the guise of assistance — The Canada...

Oct 20

“From the Ottawa initiative on Haiti in 2003 up until now, Canadian foreign policy towards Haiti has been set to undermine the Black nation’s sovereignty” argues

@Laurejen

thecanadafiles.com

Written by: Jennie-Laure Sully Canadian and US military aircrafts landed in Haiti to deliver military equipment to the Haitian national police, on October 15, 2022. These aircrafts were preceded by...

Brian Concannon and 7 others

Oct 19

EVENT:"Crisis & Uprising: Canada's Role in Haiti" with Jean Saint-Vil, El Jones & Brian Concannon. Learn about the current crisis & mass protests, Canada's role & the push for a new foreign military intervention. Co-sponsored by Common Frontiers. REGISTER: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regist

Officiel du gouvernement - Canada

CBC Pitchbot (Satire)

@CBCPitchbot

Oct 18

BREAKING: On Haiti's humanitarian crisis, PM Trudeau promises to “hold those responsible for this crisis to account”

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Justin Trudeau

@JustinTrudeau

Oct 18

Yesterday, I brought the Incident Response Group together to address the situation in Haiti. We assessed the airlift operation that took place over the weekend, additional options to support the Haitian people, and measures to hold those responsible for this crisis to account.

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Canadians join

to #GroundTheF35 and we call on

@JustinTrudeau

@theJagmeetSingh

to cancel the planned purchase of 88 fossil-fuel powered F35s for $19 billion. We are in a #ClimateEmergency & poverty crisis. #NoNewFighterJets

Oppose Canada’s lies and interference in Haiti

Spring Magazine

@springmagca

Oct 17

Canada has a long and terrible history of meddling in the affairs of Haiti and the current government is sending military equipment and preparing for more direct intervention. #cdnpoli

springmag.ca

Dear

- you have sent military forces into Haiti to assist an undemocratic acting head of government. You might not remember that in 2004, your soldiers from Joint Task Force 2 participated in the illegal coup against Jean-Bertrand Aristide.

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'Let Haiti decide its own destiny': Canada sends armoured vehicles to Haiti, but experts question...

Yves Engler

@EnglerYves

Oct 16

“Get out. Haitians have been telling Canada, the United States, Europe to get out,” Haitian-Canadian activist

@jafrikayiti

told CTV News

ctvnews.ca

A shipment of armoured vehicles from Canada and the U.S. arrived in Haiti on Saturday as violence ensues in the nation, but some experts are questioning Canada's decision to intervene.

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CBC Pitchbot (Satire)

@CBCPitchbot

Oct 14

Chrystia Freeland says just because she supported a far-right military junta in Bolivia does not mean she's lost the right to lecture African nations about democracy

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@AcrossMediums

Oct 15

Don't forget #Canada's role in organizing and fomenting 2004 coup and then landing Special Forces to halt protest against

@UN

military intervention. They are a main pillar of so-called CORE GROUP that has been manipulating behind to control #Haiti. canada.ca/en/department-

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@HaitiInfoProj

Oct 15

First images of Canadian military aircraft in #Haiti unloading supplies for impending landing of US/Canadian Special Forces. Source says first priority is shutting down protests...following up on "intelligence list targeting gang leaders and main supporters."

I protested

Trudeau at

house. #Canada is prolonging environmentally destructive war in #Ukraine. #Canada is buying $19B fossil fuel-powered #fighterjets & spending $35B on carbon-intensive militarism. Watch ⬇️📹

Ottawa has given Haitians many good reasons not to like us

Oct 15

Ottawa is part of a coalition of foreign representatives that openly dictate to Haitian leaders

canadiandimension.com

Haitians’ are right to be angry at Canada. In the last two decades alone Canada helped destabilize Haiti’s elected government, planned a coup, and participated in an invasion to topple a president....

GlobalJusticeClinic and MiningWatch Canada

Earthworks

@Earthworks

Oct 12

Join activists from Argentina, Papua New Guinea and the Dominican Republic on October 19th to learn about human rights violations committed by Barrick Gold and their home governments. Register here: nyu.zoom.us/webinar/regist

Canada Exported More Than $132 Million in Combat Vehicles to Saudi Arabia in August

Oct 13

It’s business as usual for Canadian military sales to Saudi Arabia, despite the theocratic kingdom’s horrific human rights record and an apparent diplomatic spat with Canada.

readthemaple.com

"It's time for Canada to develop a robust, thoughtful economic conversion strategy that will decrease our reliance on arms exports."