Canadian armoured trucks rushed to Minneapolis: World beyond War

 

Dear Christopher,   On Saturday, while watching live footage of ICE's deadly attack on  Minneapolis, a fellow Arms Embargo Now campaign organizer  spotted Canadian company Roshel's armoured Senator vehicles  in action. We jumped into action to spread the word immediately.  This is sickening and scandalous. There is absolutely no justification  for Canada to have allowed a Canadian weapons company to send  a rush order of armoured vehicles to ICE in the past month but this  is exactly how Canada’s arms exports to the U.S. work.  ACT NOW: Demand Canada immediately stop allowing Canadian weapons to arm ICE’s campaign of terror, Israel’s ongoing genocide, and Trump’s illegal wars. What we saw this weekend is exactly why we have been hard at work  to close the U.S. Loophole which allows the unregulated flow of  Canadian weapons to the U.S. Right now is an absolutely critical  moment for this campaign because we are gearing up for the critical  vote on Bill C-233, the No More Loopholes Act, at the end of February.   At our movement briefing last week, we shared our plans live  with 500 attendees – if you missed it, you can watch the video here.  We delved into the political moment – with Israel’s worsening attacks  on Gaza, the US’s bombing of Venezuela, and ICE’s escalating  violence – and how Canada’s unregulated arms exports to the U.S.  fuel all of this violence. The stakes of the No More Loopholes bill  have never been clearer.  Most importantly, we launched a national Day of Action to close the loopholes on February 17th. By taking action across the country  – in a visible, coordinated, unignorable show of force – we will  force our MPs #PickASide! We shared our brand new DAY OF ACTION TOOLKIT with steps for organizing your rally, coordinated messaging,  and other tips and tricks to pull off your action – register ASAP so we  can hit as many MPs as possible on the 17th! We also launched an MP VOTE TRACKER. This tool allows you to enter  your postal code or riding name and find out what we know so far about  how your MP is planning to vote. Take a look at where your MP stands,  and use our automated email tools to flood their inboxes. Once you’ve  sent your email, we encourage you to step up the pressure on your MP  – you can find more ideas and resources in our  ONGOING ACTION TOOLKIT. It's time for all of us, as many thousands of individuals and hundreds of organizations and groups, to push MPs to pick a side: Will they continue  to funnel unrestricted and unregulated arms to Israel’s ongoing genocide,  Trump’s illegal wars, and ICE’s campaign of terror? Or will they listen to  the Canadian public and ensure that Canadian military exports are  aligned with international law?   We have one more month to flip as many MPs as possible to VOTE  YES on the No More Loopholes Act. We need to let our government  know that we do not support war crimes, genocide and militarism  – and it is beyond unacceptable for Canada to continue to arm  them.  In solidarity, Rachel Canada lead, World BEYOND War World BEYOND War is a global network of volunteers, chapters, and affiliated organizations  advocating for the abolition of the institution of war. Privacy policy. World BEYOND War PO Box 871 | Campbellford PO, ON, K0L 1L0 | Canada worldbeyondwar.org/canada Support our work.

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