Today, the Carney government joined the Conservatives and the Bloc to defeat Jenny Kwan’s No More Loopholes Bill — legislation that would have stopped Canadian weapons sent to the U.S. from being used to fuel the genocide in Gaza.
It’s a deeply shameful vote that suggests they would rather appease Trump than protect vulnerable civilians.
But this moment also shows why voices like Jenny Kwan and her colleagues in the NDP caucus matter so much. They continue to champion human rights, peace, and international justice with courage and persistence, even when few others in Parliament will.
Millions of Canadians share that vision. They want Canada to be a force for peace, not a junior arms dealer.
This is exactly why our country needs the NDP.
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Technically, Canada isn’t “selling weapons to Israel”. We’re selling weapons components to the US. What they do with that, is out of our control. If Canada wants to stop that from happening, we would need to cut off all defense contracts with the US…which would tank our entire manufacturing industry.
If your industry knows the weapons it is building will most likely be used for genocide (which, considering the US is now fully fascist and at Israel’s beck and call, puts the likelihood at near 100%), then I’d consider it deeply unethical to continue selling those weapons to the US.
It is not unlike IBM continuing to assist the Nazi’s with their computers. Yes, saying no would be a financial hit, but like… Take the hit? It’s supporting genocide otherwise. And if that industry would collapse if it decided not to support genocide, then maybe they should find a different way to make money, otherwise that industry shouldn’t exist.
You don’t see any difference in selling weapons to Israel vs selling them to Ukraine?
Technically, Canada isn’t “selling weapons to Israel”. We’re selling weapons components to the US. What they do with that, is out of our control. If Canada wants to stop that from happening, we would need to cut off all defense contracts with the US…which would tank our entire manufacturing industry.
If your industry knows the weapons it is building will most likely be used for genocide (which, considering the US is now fully fascist and at Israel’s beck and call, puts the likelihood at near 100%), then I’d consider it deeply unethical to continue selling those weapons to the US.
It is not unlike IBM continuing to assist the Nazi’s with their computers. Yes, saying no would be a financial hit, but like… Take the hit? It’s supporting genocide otherwise. And if that industry would collapse if it decided not to support genocide, then maybe they should find a different way to make money, otherwise that industry shouldn’t exist.