Our members will be participating in a panel event and actions in Ottawa against the planned increase to military spending to reach the NATO 5% GDP target of $150 billion/year. We are sending a message to the Carney government “NO to 5% and NO to NATO and Yes to Peace.” We are calling on the government to invest in urgent social and environmental needs for Canadians not weapons and war.
PANEL EVENT: “Holding the Bully’s Coat: Canada, NATO and Trump’s U.S. Empire”
Tuesday, March 3
7:30 p.m.-9:00 p.m.
McNabb Community Centre
180 Percy St, Ottawa
Speakers: Dimitri Lascaris (Reason to Resist), Tamara Lorincz (WILPF-Canada & VOW), Hala (Palestine Youth Movement), & Larry Wasslen (Canadian Peace Congress)
Free, public event. All welcome.
Organized by the Ottawa Peace Council, Canadian Peace Congress, Canadian Voice of Women for Peace, the Women’s International League for Peace & Freedom Canada, Carleton PIRG, Peace and Social Concerns Committee of Ottawa Quakers, Transition écologique La Pêche Coalition for a Green New Deal and Hills for Peace and Justice, and the Canadian Foreign Policy Institute. More information: wilpfcanada.ca
RALLY: Hell No to NATO’s 5%! Cut Military Spending
Rally to say no more money for War and Weapons.
Canada out of NATO. Fund a Green, Care Economy.
Wednesday, March 4
12:00-1:00 p.m.
Chateau Laurier Hotel
1 Rideau St, Ottawa
Join us! We will peacefully rally and send a message to our government and NATO leaders that we are opposed to increasing military spending to 5% of GDP
Organized and endorsed by the Ottawa Peace Council, Canadian Peace Congress, Canadian Voice of Women for Peace, the Women’s International League for Peace & Freedom Canada, Carleton PIRG, Peace and Social Concerns Committee of Ottawa Quakers, Transition écologique La Pêche Coalition for a Green New Deal and Hills for Peace and Justice, World Beyond War Canada, and the Canadian Foreign Policy Institute. More information: wilpfcanada.ca
*There will also be protests on Wednesday, March 4 and Thursday, March 5 outside the Chateau Laurier Hotel from 8am-9am. We are opposed to this big military conference The Road to 5%.
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