Canada

Fuckin' finally

Good on the NDP for pushing the point. Despite the resolution itself being very tempered in language, in spirit the bill is functioning as intended.

I gotta say to all the people whining about the free Palestine protesters

THIS IS EXACTLY HOW YOU GET A RESULT

Yes, Canada not selling arms to Israel isn't going to do much of anything on the ground - but that's not entirely the point.

The point is, when you know your government is doing something horrible (that they still want to do) protesting the individuals who make up government absolutely has tangible results.

If we want our politicians to actually prioritize healthcare, education, infrastructure, cost of living, national defence, unions, wage gaps, break up monopolies/oligopoly there is only one path.

Take a page out of Palestinian playbook and collectively organize against government officials. Where they live, their meetings, events, their families etc. Protest the politicians existence and go after them in court constantly

Make the individual politicians and their families lives miserable until they act like they give enough of a shit about you that you're satisfied with their efforts.

Canada is one of the most politically apathetic yet wealthy countries on earth. We collectively let ourselves be robbed and crushed by neoliberalism, and have next to 0 civic comprehension or participation.

The belief that voting or paying attention to politics and government action is useless is blatantly wrong.

Every current problem is a direct result of intentional action by politicians and government policy, and the only way it happens is voter apathy.

We deserve the government we have because we allow them to act unchecked.

Hopefully that means more weapons destined to Ukraine.

“Global Affairs Canada can confirm that Canada has not received any requests, and therefore not issued any permits, for full weapon systems for major conventional arms or light weapons to Israel for over 30 years,” the department told Al Jazeera in an email on Friday.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/2/9/demands-for-canada-to-stop-supplying-weapons-to-israel-grow-louder

This is virtue signalling and won't have any meaningful effect on whether Israel continues its genocide against Palestinians

Israel has a very robust and healthy domestic arms industry, this is unlikely to affect anything at all on their end.

Maybe they can send some Iron Dome to Gaza to protect the Palestinians from their terrorist neighbors?