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Warren Allmand

With much sadness, World Federalists across Canada mourn the death December 7 of Warren Allmand. Mr. Allmand served as National President of the World Federalist Movement – Canada (WFMC) from...

ICC Update (December 2016)

Monique Cuillerier pdf available Over the length of its existence, there have been twenty-three cases in nine situations brought before the International Criminal Court. Preliminary examinations are currently being conducted...

Branch News (December 2016)

pdf available Montreal Bruce Broomhall is introduced by Montreal branch president Claire Adamson The Marie-Berthe Dion Issues Action Group of the Montreal Branch meets monthly for brief discussions on a...

World Social Forum and WFMC Annual Meeting of Members

pdf available The 2016 World Social Forum (WSF) took place August 9th to 14th in Montreal. More than 35 000 activists from around the world attended and around 1500 workshops...

The Globalization of Anti-Globalization

Simon Rosenblum pdf available Back in April 1999, I, on behalf of WFM-Canada, presented a brief to the Parliamentary Foreign Affairs Committee concerning the global governance of international trade. Looking...

Charting the UN’s Future

John E Trent pdf available Government of Stephen Harper either denigrated or ignored the United Nations. The Liberals under Justin Trudeau have said they would regain Canada’s place at the...

Canada Shuns UN Nuclear Disarmament Initiative

Bill Pearce pdf available On October 27, the UN General Assembly’s First Committee (Disarmament and International Security) passed a historic resolution, mandating the launch in 2017 of negotiations for a...

No New Nukes

Simon Rosenblum pdf available Welcome to the next nuclear arms race. Not all that long ago, there was some hope that the New START strategic weapons treaty of 2010 might...

Canada and the Women, Peace and Security Agenda: What Now?

pdf available In the Spring of 2016, the House of Commons Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development began a study of Canada’s role in supporting the implementation of...

António Guterres: The Next UN Secretary-General

Monique Cuillerier pdf available Over the last couple of years, the 1 for 7 Billion campaign, with the support of organizations and individuals from all over the globe, has led...

Campaign for a UN Parliamentary Assembly

pdf available In Canada and internationally, the campaign for a United Nations Parliamentary Assembly (UNPA) continues to make steady progress. In Canada, the number of parliamentarians in the current parliament...

Sustainable Common Security

H Peter Langille pdf available Disintegration is spreading. Overlapping crises are accelerating. In many parts of the world people feel deep insecurity. In the search for solutions, idealism may be...

Canada’s return to UN Peace Operations

Walter Dorn Sylvain Pâquet pdf available In his election eve victory speech, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau declared something that stoked the imagination of idealists everywhere: “Canada is back.” The...

International Criminal Court Update: The Annual Meeting of the Assembly of States Parties

The Assembly of States Parties of the International Criminal Court held their annual meeting from November 16th to 24th. Ahead of the session, WFMC organized a meeting between members of...

Getting involved with world federalism

Do you want to learn more about world federalism or support the campaigns of WFMC? Here are some ideas: Toronto Branch Efforts to re-establish a branch in Toronto have been...

Canada and the International Criminal Court

As member states of the International Criminal Court prepare to gather later this month (Nov 16 – 24) in The Hague, the news that three among them — all from...

Greening the World Economy For A Sustainable Future

Themes in Seth Klein’s Presentation and Discussion with The Toronto Branch of the World Federalist Movement of Canada on April 12th, 2022. Based on his recent book A Good War: Mobilizing Canada for...

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Global Climate Accountability

Summary of Elizabeth May’s Zoom Presentation to the World Federalist Movement Canada, Toronto Branch on May 18, 2021. Her presentation was about a tale of two treaties. The first was...

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