Antiwar protesters moved from Parliament Hill to Ottawa Police Headquarters Wednesday afternoon following a day of demonstrations outside a major military industry trade show in Ottawa.
"This is an on-going demonstration, at the conclusion of the event an update with charges laid will be provided," Ottawa police said in a statement to CTV News Ottawa. "A lot of people are upset because there's an ongoing genocide in Gaza right now. People deserve to know how our tax money, our money as taxpayers is going towards supporting the arms industry in Canada," said Adrian She, of the League of Peoples' Struggle in Canada."We need the inquiry to be independent; that is, at arm's length. This has been done before for things like royal commissions. It has to be in-depth.
In March, MPs voted in favour of a non-binding motion that called on the government to"cease the further authorization and transfer of arms exports to Israel". Earlier this year, government officials said Canada hadat the CANSEC show Wednesday, as Canada faces questions from U.S. senators about falling short of the NATO target of spending two per cent of GDP on defence.
Barrie Police Sergeant Bruce Gardiner, a nineteen-year member of the service, has been charged with criminal harassment and extortion, which police say occurred while he was off duty. On Wednesday, the case is heading toward a potential resolution.There has been a lot of talk about the new multi-purpose field that will be built along Barrie's waterfront, but only some in Barrie are excited about the latest addition.
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