Canadian Politics

In advance of my upcoming journey to Russia, the Hamilton Coalition to Stop the War held a webinar on March 18, 2023 in which I discussed with fellow peace activists my reasons for travelling to [...]

On March 18, 2023, the Hamilton Coalition to Stop the War held an online event in which it invited me to explain why I have decided to travel to Russia in the weeks ahead. Below is the text of [...]

In two recent articles, Canada’s Globe and Mail unwittingly exposed its double standard on the use of anonymous sources. When anonymous sources level allegations against a Western government, the [...]

At an event in Montreal on February 10, 2023, I and fellow lawyer, John Philpot, called out Canada’s Minister of International Development (and ex-Defence Minister), Harjit Sajjan, for [...]

On January 23, 2023 in Ottawa, Canada , Canada’s ambassador to the United Nations, Bob Rae, attempted to wax eloquent about Canada’s foreign policy, claiming it to be [...]

On January 23, 2023, in an event organized by the Ottawa Peace Council, I was joined by Tamara Lorincz and Yves Engler for a discussion about the paths to peace in Ukraine. Among other things, I [...]

Anti-imperialists often respond to criticisms of the West’s official enemies (China, Russia, Iran, etc.) by pointing to the crimes of Western governments and their non-Western proxies. In the [...]

On International Human Rights Day 2022 (December 10), I participated, along with Montreal-based human rights activist Jafrikayiti, in a discussion about Canada’s complicity in the suffering [...]

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 [...]