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[The Maple @readthemaple]

NEW: Canada’s Arms-to-Israel Scandal Explained

A timeline of Canada’s exports to Israel and the Liberal government’s attempts to make the scandal disappear.
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[Kavita Algu @KavitaAlguMD]

.@readthemaple has been doing excellent reporting not seen elsewhere – particularly on Canada's militarism & collaboration with states accused of warcrimes & genocide like Israel and the UAE.

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[Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East @CJPME]

New reporting from @readthemaple reveals that a Canadian defence official travelled to Israel for a “strategic dialogue” at the height of Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza and only weeks after Israeli forces deliberately killed Canadian aid worker and army veteran, Jacob Flickinger.

The briefing documents made no mention of the killing, but said that the meeting was intended to demonstrate "enduring support to our bilateral relations."

This is further evidence that the Canadian government puts its relationships with Israel ahead of all other values, even when Israel is murdering Canadians. It is no wonder that Canada has dropped its demand for an investigation, even after the Israeli military has cleared itself of wrongdoing. https://t.co/alL6kPyXuk

[Alex Cosh @AlexCosh_]

NEW: Newly obtained documents reveal that a Canadian defence official travelled to Israel for a “strategic dialogue” weeks after Israel killed Jacob Flickinger, a Canadian army veteran.

The meeting was intended to demonstrate “enduring support to our bilateral relations.” https://t.co/xHmAO2iHtP

[David Pugliese @davidpugliese]

Canadian Defence Official Visited Israel Weeks After It Killed Veteran https://t.co/87FJmxMyuX

[Alex Cosh @AlexCosh_]

NEW: The Liberal government expressed regret about their own 'pause' on arms export permits in a meeting with the Israeli ambassador in July 2024.

Read to find out what else they told Israel while telling Canadians they supported a ceasefire 👇 https://t.co/S3Qnsa9w6z

[Dimitri Lascaris @dimitrilascaris]

Today, @readthemaple reports that Canada's Liberal government expressed regret about the “adverse impact” of its own pause on some military exports to Israel in a July 2024 meeting with Israeli ambassador Iddo Moed.

Members of Justin Trudeau’s government voted in favour of the pause on new export permits largely because of political pressure from the NDP and grassroots campaigns targeting Liberal MPs across the country.

After the vote, the Liberal government paused approvals on some new military export permits, while quietly allowing those for goods related to Israel’s Iron Dome missile system and most items shipped via the United States to continue.

One of the Liberal government’s “top messages” for Moed prepared for then-parliamentary secretary to the defence minister, Marie-France Lalonde, pointed to the “adverse impact the pause on export permits is having on both our respective countries.”

The briefing notes also instructed Lalonde to emphasize to Moed “that Israel is a key partner in the region” and to focus on “relationship building” and garnering “support and solidarity for Israel.”

“(The Department of National Defence and the Canadian Armed Forces) highly values the defence relationship with Israel, which remains a key interlocutor for us in the Middle East,” the notes said.

https://t.co/84BNkqyYvu

[Alex Cosh @AlexCosh_]

NEW: Mark Carney is giving a massive 60% budget increase to CSIS, along with new money for the RCMP and CBSA.

You’ll never guess which lobby group said it ‘welcomed’ these proposals… https://t.co/WMXaQhtuSh

[The Maple @readthemaple]

Stephen Harper’s Memoir Lauds Netanyahu As ‘Smartest’ Leader He Met
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[Davide Mastracci @DavideMastracci]

NEW: Data indicates that more Canadian Jews serve in the Israeli military than in Canada’s military.

https://t.co/za3hiVNlm0

[Alex Cosh @AlexCosh_]

NEW: Stephen Harper lauds genocidal war criminal Benjamin Netanyahu as “probably the smartest, best-read, most-articulate foreign leader I have met” in his newly published memoir.

He also admits that he never really opposed Israel’s illegal occupation of the Golan Heights, despite that being his government’s official policy. https://t.co/2szt8Bqt8b

[Alex Cosh @AlexCosh_]

NEW: Defence Minister David McGuinty claimed yesterday that his government believes it can both condemn mass-killings committed by forces supported by the United Arab Emirates while also cooperating with the Gulf monarchy’s military. https://t.co/oTaxCSkrxO

[Alex Cosh @AlexCosh_]

NEW: While Mark Carney moves Canada closer to the EU and hails our “shared values,” member state Latvia is busy deporting critics.

This month, the Latvian government declared journalist @leonidragozin “persona non grata” and cancelled his residency permit. He had lived there for 12 years.
https://t.co/d0eAKv6RG5

[The Maple @readthemaple]

RT @AlexCosh_: NEW: Canadian government officials sought approval from their American counterparts before releasing parts of a damning repo…

[Davide Mastracci @DavideMastracci]

What do @normfinkelstein, @miakhalifa and @MelissaLantsman have in common?

Read my latest article, about an organization linked to the Israeli government, to find out…

https://t.co/H8tFF3oGqI

[Davide Mastracci @DavideMastracci]

NEW: A controversial tweet from the deputy leader of the Conservative Party was amplified by an organization linked to the Israeli government.

https://t.co/H8tFF3oGqI

[The Maple @readthemaple]

RT @AlexCosh_: NEW: The U.S. Embassy has just claimed that it will not hold any “future meeting” with Alberta separatist leaders.

Do you t…

[Alex Cosh @AlexCosh_]

NEW: A Canadian company newly acquired by Israeli arms dealer Elbit Systems has received nearly $1 million in federal grants through the Department of National Defence's "IDEAS" program. https://t.co/AISNx75wht

[Alex Cosh @AlexCosh_]

NEW: Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government lobbied Ecuadorian officials to ‘urgently’ speed up approvals for Canadian mining projects during last year’s presidential inauguration.

The push came during a period in which Ecuador’s right-wing government had launched crackdowns on Indigenous protesters who opposed major Canadian-owned mining projects. https://t.co/xQS0l9pAxK

[Alex Cosh @AlexCosh_]

NEW: A newly declassified report reveals that the CIA was actively involved in resettling Nazis in Canada and that a leading CIA officer in charge of resettlement operations was later the CIA’s representative in Ottawa.
https://t.co/sme8GSjWaC

[Davide Mastracci @DavideMastracci]

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