Our pan-Canadian committee is moving quickly to make the Canadian Boat to Gaza a reality. 

The international community believes that, at this time, we can achieve the most impact in our goal of breaking the siege by sending flotillas in partnership with the Free Gaza Movement.  We plan to sail with the next international flotilla -- with boats from USA, South America, and Europe -- in late fall of this year. 

The Canadian Peace Alliance is organizing a show of opposition to the ongoing war in Afghanistan, one of many protest actions that will greet the G8/G20 meetings in late June. The G8 countries, of course, are among the key players in NATO's occupation. This even includes Japan, a leading funder of the Karzai regime's police force. (Russia, the newest member of this elite club, is the exception, but then maybe the old G7 would be wise to consult the history of that country's invasion of Afghanistan.)

The G8/G20 meetings will occur during what is expected to be a time of heightened fighting in Afghanistan. NATO's long-planned Kandahar offensive, if it goes ahead, should be well underway by then.

Yesterday’s Globe and Mail featured one of Ottawa’s worst kept secrets as its front page story: the United States will be officially requesting that hundreds of Canadian troops remain in Afghanistan after the 2011 pull-out from Kandahar. The article implies that such a continued military role would not contradict the 2008 parliamentary motion on the war: