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Senate continues study related to Defence Policy Review

This week, the Senate Standing Committee on National Security and Defence continued their study of issues related to the government’s Defence Policy Review that they began in the spring. On...

1325 National Action Plans on Women, Peace and Security: Lessons from the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden

On September 13th, a roundtable on the lessons learned from National Action Plans on Women, Peace and Security by the Netherlands, Norway, and Sweden was held at the residence of...

Canada disappoints on Cluster Munitions

WFM – Canada had engaged officials ahead of the September 5-7 meeting of the states parties to the Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM) in order to encourage the government to...

Toronto Meeting: Talk by Walter Dorn and Formation of a Toronto WFMC Chapter

This Sunday, September 25th, there will be a meeting in Toronto. At 2pm, there will be a public talk on “Global Governance: Nukes, Wars, and Climate Change” by Dr. Walter...

Canada at the UN

Canada’s participation at the opening of a new session of the UN General Assembly was noticeably different this year than under the previous government. Prime Minister Trudeau was accompanied by...

Canada's adoption and implementation of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

On August 11th, the WFMC 2016 World Peace Award was presented to Senator Murray Sinclair, former chairperson of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada as part of a program...

Campaign for a Latin American Criminal Court for Transnational Organized Crime (COPLA)

At the World Social Forum, WFM-Canada and Democracia Global Argentina introduced the Campaign for the establishment of a Latin American and Caribbean Criminal Court Against Transnational Organized Crime. The campaign...

Canada’s dodgy commitment to the Convention on Cluster Munitions

The Sixth Meeting of States Parties to the Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM) will take place in Geneva, Switzerland from 5 to 7 September 2016. Will Canada’s new government take...

Walter Dorn elected President

At the 2016 Annual Meeting of the World Federalist Movement – Canada, Prof. Walter Dorn was elected President of the organization. He succeeds Hon. Warren Allmand, who had served as...

Canada's involvement with UN peace operations

August 9th was National Peacekeepers Day in Canada and WFMC marked the day with a press release and the update of our annual Canada and UN Peacekeeping Fact Sheet. The...

World Social Forum and WFMC Annual General Meeting

The 2016 World Social Forum (WSF) took place August 9 – 14 in Montreal. The Forum was spread out among four universities in downtown Montreal. Over 35 000 activists from...

Canada’s support for UN peace operations: Still Missing in Action

Canada’s rank among contributors to UN peace operations remains low. As of June 30, 2016, Canada is 67th with only 31 military personnel and 75 police officers in the field....

WFMC at the World Social Forum

The World Social Forum is happening this week, from August 9th to 14th, in Montreal. WFMC will be there on August 11th and 12th. August 11th WFMC’s Annual General Meeting...

UN Accountability Pledge

Co-ordinated by the Institute for Justice & Democracy in Haiti and AIDS-Free World, thirty-seven civil society organizations have signed a letter calling on the candidates for the next UN Secretary-General...

UN conducts first straw poll of prospective S-G candidates

On July 21 the UN Security Council conducted the first straw poll of candidates aspiring to be the ninth secretary-general of the organization. UN-watchers hoping that the organization would select...

Peacekeeping and UNEPS

Erika Simpson, an associate professor of international relations at the University of Western Ontario, had an opinion piece in the London Free Press last week titled, “Canada should jump-start a...