Canadian Politics

For The Real News, I spoke recently with former U.S. Marines intelligence officer and United Nations weapons inspector Scott Ritter about the Ukraine war, global nuclear security and Canada’s [...]

On November 4, the Canadian Foreign Policy Institute hosted an online discussion with me and CodePink co-founder, Medea Benjamin, about the paths to peace in the Ukraine war. I argued that the [...]

On October 28, 2022, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Canadian Foreign Minister Melanie Joly attempted to stage a photo op at the Marché Jean-Talon in Montreal, Canada. I and other [...]

Today, I and a fellow peace activist disrupted a pro-NATO love-fest featuring Germany’s Foreign Minister, Annalena Baerbock, and Canadian Foreign Minister, Mélanie Joly. Their [...]

The Federal Council (FC) of the Green Party of Canada (GPC) has taken the Draconian, unprecedented step of expelling from its membership the sitting leader of a provincial Green Party. The newly [...]

On June 8, 2022, Canadian media widely published an article by Canadian Press reporter Marie Woolf regarding a new “study” which claims that Canada is being “targeted” by Russia [...]

On May 24, I spoke with author and activist Yves Engler on Foreign Policy Hour about my decision not to run for the leadership of the Green Party of Canada, the militarism and censorship sweeping [...]

After months of reflection and consultations with family, friends and political allies, I’ve decided not to run in the upcoming Green Party of Canada leadership contest. Without a doubt, this has [...]

On March 24, 2022, I participated in a debate organized by the Spadina-Fort York EDA of the Green Party of Canada. The question we debated was whether the Canadian government’s use of the [...]

From the beginning of Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine, I have argued that the overarching priority of Western governments should be to end the hostilities as quickly as possible, and [...]