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Flawed in principle and practice: why Canada must say no to Trump’s ‘Golden Dome’

  • At a time of rising costs of living, climate stress, and overstretched public services, diverting tens of billions to a flawed and provocative weapons
Opinion | BY CESAR JARAMILLO | June 26, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, and U.S. President Donald Trump in the Oval Office on May 6, 2025. The 'Golden Dome' proposal is not merely expensive; it is strategically unsound and technically unreliable, writes Cesar Jaramillo. Photograph courtesy of Flickr/The White House Official White House Photo by Daniel Torok

Flawed in principle and practice: why Canada must say no to Trump’s ‘Golden Dome’

Opinion | BY CESAR JARAMILLO | June 26, 2025
  • At a time of rising costs of living, climate stress, and overstretched public services, diverting tens of billions to a flawed and provocative weapons

Flawed in principle and practice: why Canada must say no to Trump’s ‘Golden Dome’

Opinion | BY CESAR JARAMILLO | June 26, 2025
  • At a time of rising costs of living, climate stress, and overstretched public services, diverting tens of billions to a flawed and provocative weapons
Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, and U.S. President Donald Trump in the Oval Office on May 6, 2025. The 'Golden Dome' proposal is not merely expensive; it is strategically unsound and technically unreliable, writes Cesar Jaramillo. Photograph courtesy of Flickr/The White House Official White House Photo by Daniel Torok

After supporting UN calls for Gaza ceasefire, Canada must now stop military exports to Israel

  • A recent Project Ploughshares report raises questions about the risks posed by Canada’s major military exports to Israel, and underscores the need for Canada
Opinion | BY CESAR JARAMILLO | December 19, 2023
Defence Minister Bill Blair speaks to reporters in Ottawa on Dec. 6. Without swift action, Canadian military goods will continue to pose the risk of contributing to the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and could even affect the trajectory of future conflicts, writes Cesar Jaramillo. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

After supporting UN calls for Gaza ceasefire, Canada must now stop military exports to Israel

Opinion | BY CESAR JARAMILLO | December 19, 2023
  • A recent Project Ploughshares report raises questions about the risks posed by Canada’s major military exports to Israel, and underscores the need for Canada

After supporting UN calls for Gaza ceasefire, Canada must now stop military exports to Israel

Opinion | BY CESAR JARAMILLO | December 19, 2023
  • A recent Project Ploughshares report raises questions about the risks posed by Canada’s major military exports to Israel, and underscores the need for Canada
Defence Minister Bill Blair speaks to reporters in Ottawa on Dec. 6. Without swift action, Canadian military goods will continue to pose the risk of contributing to the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and could even affect the trajectory of future conflicts, writes Cesar Jaramillo. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

The nuclear-weapons-ban thing is not going away, prime minister

  • Dear Mr. Trudeau, You recently dismissed this year’s multilateral process to negotiate a legal prohibition of nuclear weapons as “useless.” I’m afraid you were
Opinion | BY CESAR JARAMILLO | July 19, 2017
The United Nations Conference to Negotiate a Legally Binding Instrument to Prohibit Nuclear Weapons overwhelmingly adopted a treaty to do just that on July 7, though Canada and the remaining members of NATO either boycotted or voted against the treaty. Photograph by Paolo Rivas courtesy of the UN

The nuclear-weapons-ban thing is not going away, prime minister

Opinion | BY CESAR JARAMILLO | July 19, 2017
  • Dear Mr. Trudeau, You recently dismissed this year’s multilateral process to negotiate a legal prohibition of nuclear weapons as “useless.” I’m afraid you were

The nuclear-weapons-ban thing is not going away, prime minister

Opinion | BY CESAR JARAMILLO | July 19, 2017
  • Dear Mr. Trudeau, You recently dismissed this year’s multilateral process to negotiate a legal prohibition of nuclear weapons as “useless.” I’m afraid you were
The United Nations Conference to Negotiate a Legally Binding Instrument to Prohibit Nuclear Weapons overwhelmingly adopted a treaty to do just that on July 7, though Canada and the remaining members of NATO either boycotted or voted against the treaty. Photograph by Paolo Rivas courtesy of the UN

Canada in self-chosen minority camp on nuclear disarmament

  • On June 6, Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland asserted the Liberal government’s strong support for multilateralism as a central feature of Canadian foreign policy. The
Opinion | BY CESAR JARAMILLO | June 28, 2017
Back row from left, Project Ploughshares' Cesar Jaramillo with NDP MPs Linda Duncan, Hélène Laverdière, and Randall Garrison at a press conference in the foyer of the House of Commons with Hiroshima atomic bomb survivor Setsuko Thurlow, seated, on June 7. They sought to advance a motion that would see the Liberal government support the Draft Convention on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, but the Liberals and Conservatives voted against it. Photograph courtesy of Anthony Salloum's Twitter page

Canada in self-chosen minority camp on nuclear disarmament

Opinion | BY CESAR JARAMILLO | June 28, 2017
  • On June 6, Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland asserted the Liberal government’s strong support for multilateralism as a central feature of Canadian foreign policy. The

Canada in self-chosen minority camp on nuclear disarmament

Opinion | BY CESAR JARAMILLO | June 28, 2017
  • On June 6, Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland asserted the Liberal government’s strong support for multilateralism as a central feature of Canadian foreign policy. The
Back row from left, Project Ploughshares' Cesar Jaramillo with NDP MPs Linda Duncan, Hélène Laverdière, and Randall Garrison at a press conference in the foyer of the House of Commons with Hiroshima atomic bomb survivor Setsuko Thurlow, seated, on June 7. They sought to advance a motion that would see the Liberal government support the Draft Convention on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, but the Liberals and Conservatives voted against it. Photograph courtesy of Anthony Salloum's Twitter page
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