Join Paul Maillet (Retired Canadian Air Force Colonel and CF18 Fleet Manager), James Leas (Save Our Skies VT), Danaka Katovich (CODEPINK), Brent Patterson (No Fighter Jets Coalition) and moderator Tamara Lorincz (VOW, WILPF) for a virtual panel and Q&A on Lockheed Martin’s F-35 Fighter Jet and Canada’s decision to buy them.

Paul Maillet is a retired air force colonel with 25 years as an aerospace engineering officer in the federal department of national defence (DND), and four years as the DND Director of Defence Ethics following the Somalia affair. He is also a former Green party candidate who managed the CF-18 fleet during his time in the military.

James Leas is an attorney and activist who has published on Truthout, Counterpunch, VTDigger, NY Times, LA Times, Vermont Law Review, & Vermont Bar Journal. He founded the F-35 news report, CancelF35.substack.com in 2020. He is currently running for City Council in South Burlington, Vermont featuring opposition to the F-35 training flights from the airport in that city. For more information about his campaign, https://jimmyleas.com.

Danaka Katovich is CODEPINK's National Co-Director. Danaka graduated from DePaul University with a bachelor's degree in Political Science in November 2020. Since 2018 she has been working towards ending US participation in the war in Yemen. At CODEPINK she works on youth outreach as a facilitator of the Peace Collective, CODEPINK's youth cohort that focuses on anti-imperialist education and divestment.

Please watch the film in advance! 

Zoom registration page provides a code for access from Feb 9 - 16. Then join us for the panel discussion.

Join us for a panel discussion with Elaine Briére, filmmaker of “Haiti Betrayed,” and special Haitian-Canadian guests Jafrikayiti Jean Saint-Vil and Garry Auguste, who will discuss the current crisis in Haiti and Canada's role past and present. We will also feature a special guest from Haiti, Georges Gabrielle (Gaby) Paul. 

The event is being held to remember the coup orchestrated by Canada, France and the United States against the democratically elected Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide and to demand accountability. It is also to mark Black History Month and to stand in solidarity with the people of Haiti.

 Organized by the Canadian Voice of Women for Peace, Women's International League for Peace & Freedom (WILPF) Canada and the Canadian Foreign Policy Institute.  REGISTER TO RECEIVE LINK TO VIEW FILM

Sunday, February 19, 2023 • 12:00-1:30 PM ET 

For the last year, the war in Ukraine has been reflected daily in mainstream news, but remains an issue clouded by confusion. While events of the last year are front page news, there is little talk about the many years of NATO provocations, aggression and military buildup against Russia. More and more each day, NATO countries including Canada, the US, and England are fueling the war, funneling even more weapons into Ukraine. Join the Canada-Wide Peace and Justice Network for a webinar featuring speakers from Canada, the US, and Ukraine.

Join the conversation with:

Glenn Michalchuk: President of the Association of United Ukrainian Canadians and Chair of Peace Alliance Winnipeg.

Margaret Kimberly: Executive Editor of Black Agenda Report and author of the book Prejudential: Black America and the Presidents. In addition to being a Coordinating Committee member of Black Alliance for Peace,  she is an Administrative Committee member of the United National Antiwar Coalition, and the Board of Directors of the U.S. Peace Memorial Foundation. She is also a board member of Consortium News and the editorial board of the International Manifesto Group.

Kevin MacKay: Kevin is a professor at Mohawk College in Hamilton. He researches, writes, and teaches on the subjects of civilization collapse, political transformation, and global systemic risk. In 2017 he published Radical Transformation: Oligarchy, Collapse, and the Crisis of Civilization with Between the Lines Books. He is currently working on a book entitled A New Ecological Politics, with Oregon State University Press. Kevin also serves as Vice President of the Mohawk faculty union, OPSEU Local 240.

Moderated by Janine Solanki: Vancouver-based activist and organizer with Mobilization Against War & Occupation (MAWO), a member group of the Canada-Wide Peace & Justice Network.

Organized by the Canada-Wide Peace & Justice Network including Canadian Voice of Women for Peace (VOW) and the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) Canada.

Join us on the streets & at online events. Plan or find an action in your city.

In Canada: http://peaceandjusticenetwork.ca

In UK: http://stopwar.org.uk

In Europe: http://no-to-nato.org

Organized by the Canada-Wide Peace & Justice Network including Canadian Voice of Women for Peace (VOW) and the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) Canada.