Canadian Dimension
WEBSep 27, 2024 · Browse all articles. Founded in 1963, Canadian Dimension is a forum for debate on important issues facing the Canadian Left today, and a source for analysis of national and regional politics, labour, economics, world affairs and art.
How Canada’s support for NATO expansion led to the Ukraine …
WEBEighteen Canadian CF-18 jets dropped 530 bombs during the 78-day assault, which deepened Kosovo’s separation from Serbia. The former Yugoslavia’s division into ethnic states was attractive to NATO because it diminished Russian influence in the Mediterranean. Canada continues to provide logistical support to NATO’s Kosovo Force.
Misinformation on Cuba, again – Canadian Dimension
WEBMay 15, 2024 · And no. In fact, Cuba has been the victim of terrorism since the early 1960s: over 3,000 Cubans were killed and 2,000 wounded in terrorist acts on the island. Moreover, in April 2020 a Cuban exile fired 32 shots from an AK-47 rifle at the Cuban embassy in Washington, and in September 23 two Molotov cocktails were also thrown at the embassy.
The NDP is incoherent on Gaza genocide – Canadian Dimension
WEBFeb 16, 2024 · Canadians deserve to know the extent of our government’s complicity in the destruction of Gaza, but the NDP is talking out of both sides of its mouth. While criticizing military exports to Israel, New Democrat leaders have largely adopted Israel’s framing of the war and condemned voices speaking out in support of Palestinians. This has occurred at both the federal and provincial level.
Canada Post issues mass suspension for workers exercising their …
WEBApr 3, 2023 · On February 16, over 40 CUPW members at a Canada Post processing plant in Edmonton exercised their right to complain at a pre-scheduled meeting with management, who initially refused to give them five minutes to read their prepared statement and threatened them with discipline. Then those members were served with five-day consecutive suspensions and final warnings. Brett McKay reports.
Indigenous resistance challenges Ontario’s ‘mining boom’
WEBAug 3, 2023 · As Canada’s governments hungrily scour domestic and foreign territory in search of critical minerals—an essential part of Ottawa’s new Cold War on China—Ontario Premier Doug Ford is attempting to spin demand into a provincial mining boom.. Ontario’s first-ever Critical Minerals Strategy (CMS), announced alongside a federal initiative of the same name, proclaims that the province is ...
Israel is stoking all-out war, and Canada is complicit
WEBJun 29, 2024 · Since October 7, the Canadian government has participated in military assaults against Palestinians as well as regional forces opposed to the genocide in Gaza. Now, Israel’s war is threatening to spill into Lebanon, and Ottawa is actively enflaming tensions through its participation in the war on Gaza and …
History contradicts claims that October 7 attacks unprovoked
WEBMay 25, 2024 · Mainstream editors claim that Israel’s ongoing Gaza campaign is completely justified by Hamas’ October 7, 2023 attack. The Hamas attack killed approximately 1,200 Israelis and resulted in over 200 hostages taken and retained. Unfortunately, this “unprovoked” assault was entirely predictable given occupied Palestine’s tragic history.
Lancet: 186,000 Palestinians or more killed in Gaza
WEBA new online publication posted by the peer-reviewed medical journal The Lancet estimates that the current death toll from Israel’s brutal assault on the Gaza Strip—which the International Court of Justice (ICJ) has described as “plausible genocide”—is at least 186,000. This would translate to nearly eight percent of Gaza’s population. The bombshell death toll estimate is roughly ...
Canadian forestation policies add fuel to the fires
WEBSep 5, 2024 · Research on the dynamics of fire has reinforced Steidle’s argument. A multi-decade study by Steve Cumming, a professor or forest ecology, showed in 2001 that pine forests are 8.4 times more likely to burn compared to deciduous aspen. The desiccated vegetation from glyphosate spraying is also more flammable.