Michael Bueckert
@mbueckert
Vice President at @CJPME. I have a PhD in Sociology from @Carleton_U. Co-editor “Advocating for Palestine in Canada” (@fernpub 2022). Birder.
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It is encouraging to see candidates align themselves with the Palestine solidarity movement and against genocide. As CJPME’s Michael Bueckert told CBC, Craig Sauvé’s campaign is a sign that politicians are starting to see supporting Palestine as an electoral benefit, not a liability.
Just now, Canada’s foreign minister Mélanie Joly claims to have suspended ~30 existing arms permits to Israel over the summer, and says her government is opposed to the US plan to send 50,000 Quebec-made mortars to Israel. To avert Canada's complicit in genocide, we need to see
Check out CJPME quoted on Democracy Now! about Canada's suspension of 30 weapons export permits to Israel. We should accept no more weapons to Israel, period. Mélanie Joly must impose a two-way arms embargo on Israel now. democracynow.org/2024/9/11/head…
Thanks to Rania Massoud for covering this important story (in French). The Canadian govt is very aware of Israel's racial profiling practices, to the point that it feels obliged to warn its own citizens. So why continue to refuse to call it apartheid? ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/21033…