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National · 17th June 2009
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The City of Ottawa's historic 1989 Motion, banning all international arms trade shows from municipal property, was knocked down this week, but it was NOT knocked out.
On Monday, June 15, the City of Ottawa's aptly-named "Corporate Services Committee" voted against preserving Ottawa's 20-year ban on war-industry trade shows. In the euphemistic name of so-called "defence and security," this right-wing committee - usually chaired by our illustrious democratic leader, Mayor O'Brien - then passed a shockingly servile new motion to symbolically open the City's corporate arms in a welcoming embrace to actually encourage the leasing of City properties to all such arms trade exhibitions in the future!
IT'S STILL NOT TOO LATE!
Although the Committee's new motion was passed in a unanimous vote of 7 to 0, it could still be defeated by City Council as a whole on Wednesday, June 24.
Join our Peace Surge now! More information HERE.
Join our "Surge for Peace" NOW!
The City of Ottawa's historic 1989 Motion, banning all international arms trade shows from municipal property, was knocked down this week, but it was NOT knocked out.
On Monday, June 15, the City of Ottawa's aptly-named "Corporate Services Committee" voted against preserving Ottawa's 20-year ban on war-industry trade shows. In the euphemistic name of so-called "defence and security," this right-wing committee - usually chaired by our illustrious democratic leader, Mayor O'Brien - then passed a shockingly servile new motion to symbolically open the City's corporate arms in a welcoming embrace to actually encourage the leasing of City properties to all such arms trade exhibitions in the future!
IT'S STILL NOT TOO LATE!
Although the Committee's new motion was passed in a unanimous vote of 7 to 0, it could still be defeated by City Council as a whole on Wednesday, June 24.
Join our Peace Surge now! More information HERE.
