Today, Canada’s Transport Minister Marc Garneau refused to answer questions about the Trudeau Government’s decision to sell deadly weapons to the monstrous Saudi autocracy.

Author-activist Yves Engler and I caught up with Minister Garneau this afternoon as the Minister departed a speaking engagement in Montreal. Continue Reading ›

Today, the RCMP and private security guards from the Hotel Bonaventure in Montreal blocked me and author-activist Yves Engler from attending a speech by Justin Trudeau.

(The video appearing at the end of this post shows what transpired as Yves and I sought to enter Trudeau’s speaking venue.) Continue Reading ›

Today, Amnesty International Canada and Professor Michael Lynk, the United Nations Special Rapporteur for the human rights situation in the Palestinian Territory occupied since 1967, addressed a letter to Canada’s Attorney-General, David Lametti, Canada’s Minister of International Trade, James Carr, and Canada’s Minister of Health, Ginette Petitpas Taylor  Continue Reading ›

In today’s edition of The Hill-Times, I explain that, if Justin Trudeau’s government is serious about its stated commitment to a “rules-based international order,” it won’t appeal the Federal Court’s ruling that “Product of Israel” labels on West Bank settlements wines are “false, misleading and deceptive.” Continue Reading ›

On August 6, 2019, the Green Party of Canada (GPC) issued a press release in which it declared its support for the Canadian Federal Court’s recent, landmark ruling that “Product of Israel” labels on wines produced in Israel’s West Bank settlements are “false, misleading and deceptive.” Continue Reading ›