If you are distressed by current ‘defence” proposals and wish to hold up a candle for nonviolent, or at least less violent options, these letters recently published by Canadian groups may be helpful.
They are on these themes:
1) Concerns about nuclear disarmament
2) Concerns about violence/famine in Gaza
3) Concerns about the NATO 5% GDP Target
4) Concerns about Trump’s Golden Dome proposal
5) Canada’s proposed F35s purchase
If you wish to share you support (or otherwise!) with these positions, please forward them with your comments by email or hard copy mail to:
- Prime Minister, The Right Honourable Mark Carney
<PM@pm.gc.ca>
- The Honourable Anita Anand, Minister of Foreign Affairs
<anita.anand@international.gc.ca>
- The Honourable David J. McGuinty, Minister of National Defence
<david.mcguinty@parl.gc.ca>
- your own MP
check here
When drafting your correspondence, remember these important tips:
Please ask a question if you want to get a substantive response!
Be sure your postal code is on mail to your MP (they answer constituents). And remember mail to your MP is “Franking Mail” so no need of postage going to the House of Commons, Ottawa, ON, K1A 0A6.
Please share with your family, friends, & neighbours!
Letters:
1) Concerns about nuclear disarmament
Canadian Leadership for Nuclear Disarmament (CLND)
May 20, 2025
View the letter to the Prime Minister here.
Canadian Network to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (CNANW)
May 22, 2025
View the letter to the Prime Minister here.
2) Concerns about violence/famine in Gaza
Prime Minister Carney must take decisive action to end genocide in Gaza
June 9, 2025
View the open letter to Prime Minister Carney on Gaza here.
3) Concerns about the NATO 5% GDP Target
The Group of 78
June 12, 2025
View the letter on NATO Five percent Target to Prime Minister Carney here.
4) Concerns about Trump’s Golden Dome proposal
Flawed in Principle and Practice: Why Canada Must Say No to ‘Golden Dome’ Canadian Pugwash Group’s Open Letter to the Prime Minister and statement:
June 11, 2025
View the letter here.
View the statement here.
For background information on Golden Dome, visit the following articles :
Carney defends Golden Dome talks with U.S., says missile threats are serious
By STEVEN CHASESENIOR (Parliamentary Reporter)
Canada should firmly reject Trump’s ludicrous Golden Dome plan
By LLOYD AXWORTHY (former Minister of Foreign Affairs)
Trump’s Golden Dome -Canada should steer well clear of this American boondoggle
By PAUL MEYER (former Canadian ambassador, now at SFU, Fellow, Outer Space Institute)
5) Canada’s proposed F35s purchase
Open Letter to Prime Minister Carney re F35s
March 19, 2025
See the open Letter by Paul Maillet below.
