At a news conference in Ottawa, a coalition of civil society organizations present a report detailing Canada’s alleged role as a “weapons corridor” for Israel.
Speaking with reporters are Rachel Small from World Beyond War, Haneen Muhanna from the Palestinian Youth Movement, and Alex Paterson from Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East. They are joined by NDP MP Jenny Kwan.
Click link to watch the press conference video - https://www.cpac.ca/headline-politics/episode/coalition-presents-report-on-canada-israel-arms-flow--novmeber-18-2025?id=455a98e0-c56c-4e25-aab2-a04ef2100e52
A recent report revealed Canada's continued shipment of military equipment to Israel via US weapons factories, despite Foreign Minister Anita Anand's announcement in August about "freezing all existing permits in 2024 that could have allowed military components to be used in Gaza."
The report titled, "Exposing the U.S. Loophole: How Canadian F-35 Parts and Explosives Reach Israel," stated that the evidence it provided "details hundreds of shipments from Canadian military manufacturers to the U.S. weapons factories that manufacture Israel's key warplanes, bombs, and artillery shells."
"The report also exposes, for the first time, Canada's role as a vital transit corridor for hundreds of shipments of European-made TNT en route to U.S. bomb-makers, and damning evidence of Canadian F-35 components being shipped on to Israel mere days after arriving at U.S. facilities," it said.
According to the data provided, at least "34 shipments of military aircraft components sent by American Lockheed factories to the Israeli Ministry of Defense, the Israeli Air Force Base, and Israeli weapons manufacturers between April 2024 and August 2025 – immediately after receiving hundreds of matching shipments from Canadian manufacturers."
Meanwhile, "360 additional aircraft part shipments from Canadian manufacturers to Lockheed Martin's F-35 assembly facility in Fort Worth, Texas," were sent between September 2023 and August 2025.
It said that "150 shipments of Canadian explosives and flammable materials from General Dynamics facilities in Valleyfield and Repentigny, Quebec, to the U.S. Army Ammunition Plants that manufacture 2000-pound MK-84 bombs, 155mm artillery shells, and 120mm tank rounds for export to Israel.”
The report revealed that at least 433 shipments of TNT manufactured in Poland were sent to Quebec between October 2023 and November 2025, which were then transported to Canada and then to Israel.
It claimed that the TNT sent was "the 2000-pound MK-84 and I-2000 Penetrator bombs that Israel drops on Gaza."
Click link to read the news story - https://www.aa.com.tr/en/americas/report-reveals-canadas-continued-role-as-weapons-transit-corridor-for-israel/3747382#
Hundreds of shipments of explosives and fighter jet components have made their way from Canada to Israel by passing through the U.S. over the last two years, a new report by a group of four NGOs alleges, examining export data and U.S. Department of Defence contracts.
"These exports are bypassing all of Canada’s export controls because of the way they’re routed through the U.S., and nonetheless, they’re still making it to Israel and directly supporting Israel’s capacity to carry out war crimes in Gaza," said Rachel Small, a Canadian organizer with the World Beyond War activist group.
The report outlines 34 shipments of military aircraft components between April 2024 and August of this year that it says were sent to U.S. facilities belonging to Lockheed Martin, the manufacturer of the F-35 fighter jet, before being transferred "just a few days later" to Israel.
The report also mentions 360 additional aircraft part shipments to an F-35 assembly facility in Fort Worth, Texas, 150 shipments of explosives from two Quebec facilities belonging to General Dynamics to the U.S., and 433 shipments of TNT sent from a manufacturer in Poland through to the U.S., and eventually Israel, after transiting via Quebec's Port of Saguenay.
Click link to read the news story - https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/politics-jet-fighters-bombs-canada-us-israel-9.6982606
“We have decided to put the interests of our country first—to vote against the budget but to help prevent an election,” NDP interim leader Don Davies tells reporters after government’s budget motion narrowly passes in the House of Commons with two NDP MPs abstaining.
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The next nearest post office is about 0.5 kilometres way. Many customers do not drive and go to this outlet because it is within walking distance of their homes or their community centre, said Jenny Kwan, the NDP MP for Vancouver East.
“You have to remember we’re talking about community members in their 70s, 80s and even 90s. Walking is not an easy task,” Kwan said.
Some mail pickups are being redirected to Commercial Drive, nearly 3.5 kilometres away, according to SaveChinatownYVR.
“This post office serves some of the city’s most vulnerable and marginalized residents: low-income individuals, seniors, migrants, and people with disabilities who rely on physical mail for vital government documents, income assistance cheques, health care information, and personal communication,” the organization wrote on a recent social media post.
Kwan said she was alerted to the closure several weeks ago by a post office user who saw a notice tacked on the door.
She said the closure would be “devastating” for Chinatown and the Downtown Eastside neighbourhoods, which are already struggling with poverty, mental illness and housing and the opioid crises.
Click link to read the news story - https://vancouversun.com/news/chinatowns-last-post-office-set-to-close
It has triggered a campaign to save the facility, which supporters have called a lifeline for the community.
Canada Post said all its retail operations and business decisions go through an extensive review process to evaluate customer needs.
Wong said the post office is vital to the area, while a petition to save it from closure says it serves some of the city's most vulnerable and marginalized residents.
Wong said it was "definitely a shame" to hear of the planned closure, which would force cultural association operators and seniors in the neighbourhood to find another way to communicate.
"Especially in these days and age, the elders are getting older," said Wong. "If they start moving out, then it's just another inconvenience to everyone in the community."
Activist group Save Chinatown YVR launched the online petition, calling on Canada Post not to stamp out the Chinatown post office.
The petition says the post office serves low-income people, seniors, migrants and people with disabilities who rely on the mail for government documents and income assistance cheques.
Click link to read the news story - https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/saving-vancouver-chinatown-s-last-post-office-9.6971128
But two New Democrats from the NDP’s seven-member caucus — which could play a critical role in helping or blocking the budget’s passage — suggested Wednesday they would be hard-pressed to support the document, even as interim leader Don Davies told the Star his party needs more time to make a decision. Others in his caucus played coy about their plans to decide the future of the Carney government.
Speaking to the Star before the NDP caucus meeting Wednesday, Winnipeg’s Leah Gazan and Vancouver’s Jenny Kwan said they have ruled out abstaining, but did not commit to voting against the budget.
“We’re elected here to make a point, to take a position,” Kwan said. “I’ve always done that in all my entire political life and I will represent my constituents.”
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On Tuesday the federal government announced a dramatic cut in the number of temporary residents – halving admissions of international students to Canada in the next three years, while stabilizing the number of permanent residents.
Ms. Diab was unavailable for comment. Unusually, the annual levels plan was unveiled in the budget and is being spearheaded by Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne, rather than the Immigration Minister.
NDP immigration critic Jenny Kwan said the government’s plan “represents a disappointing retreat from Canada’s historical role as a welcoming, progressive and inclusive country for immigrants, refugees, international students and temporary foreign workers.”
She said the decision to slash international student numbers, coming on top of previous reductions, will “further devastate colleges and universities and the communities that rely on them, while causing job losses across the country.”
Click link to read the news story - https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-permanent-residence-freeze-canada-diab-federal-budget-2025/
The federal Liberals have helped pass an NDP motion that removes proposed restrictions to birthright citizenship from the government’s ‘Lost Canadians’ bill, despite the Conservatives and Bloc Québécois voting in opposition.
On Monday, MPs voted on report stage amendments to Bill C-3 initiated by NDP MP Jenny Kwan that sought to reverse previously adopted changes that would require people eligible for birthright citizenship under the proposed law to fulfill residency and security requirements — similar to prospective immigrants.
The bill now proceeds to third reading, where it is expected to pass, before it moves on to the Senate. If codified, the ‘Lost Canadians’ bill would restore citizenship to people born in a foreign country to Canadian parents who were also born outside Canada.
But Conservative and Bloc MPs passed amendments that would introduce additional criteria for ‘lost Canadians’ to receive citizenship during an immigration committee meeting last month. The amendments would require those eligible to demonstrate, among other things, proficiency in either English or French, as well as a basic knowledge of Canadian history.
Though the Liberals opposed the changes, the amendments passed because the NDP no longer have a seat on committees after failing to keep official party status in this past year’s federal election.
During a recent interview, Kwan told iPolitics that the Tory-proposed changes conflate the rights of immigrants with ‘lost Canadians,’ which she said was “sneaky” and “unCanadian.”
“To me, it is absolutely disgraceful… [so] I’m looking to restore the bill to its original form,” she said.
Kwan’s motion passed by a margin of 170 to 163.
Following the vote, she called the result a “victory for every family who refused to give up, for every Canadian denied their birthright, and for the principle that citizenship belongs to the people — not to politicians.”