NEW: At an anti-war demonstration in Toronto, Iranian-Canadians spoke out against the American-Israeli bombing campaign against their country. “This war is a war of power, a war of resource and land grab, and it is nothing about democracy.” www.readthemaple.com/why-these-ir...

The Crown Corporation Quietly Promoting Military Exports To The U.S. “This is just business as usual, despite the international geopolitical arrangement seemingly dismantling in front of us.” www.readthemaple.com/the-crown-co...

NEW: As 🇺🇸 gets ready for more wars of aggression, a Crown corporation is quietly promoting more 🇨🇦 arms exports to the Americans. Last year, the Canadian Commercial Corp. more than doubled the value of contracts with the US DoD to $2.1 billion. www.readthemaple.com/the-crown-co...

The CLAC prides itself on being a "different kind of union," in that it doesn't believe in confrontation. Sooo… what happens when workers want something else? pressprogress.ca/clac-christi...

NEW: As 🇺🇸 gets ready for more wars of aggression, a Crown corporation is quietly promoting more 🇨🇦 arms exports to the Americans. Last year, the Canadian Commercial Corp. more than doubled the value of contracts with the US DoD to $2.1 billion. www.readthemaple.com/the-crown-co...

NEW: Canadian media outlets are giving Lockheed Martin’s F-35 jets a boost with more favourable coverage. Proponents of Canada’s deal with the American arms company have been quoted significantly more than critics, @emmapaling.bsky.social found. www.readthemaple.com/canadian-med...

NEW: Canadian media has quoted proponents of the fighter jet deal between the government and Lockheed Martin 41 per cent more often than critics, writes @emmapaling.bsky.social The analysis is based on articles in CBC, Toronto Star, Globe & Mail, & National Post www.readthemaple.com/canadian-med...

NEW: Canadian media outlets are giving Lockheed Martin’s F-35 jets a boost with more favourable coverage. Proponents of Canada’s deal with the American arms company have been quoted significantly more than critics, @emmapaling.bsky.social found. www.readthemaple.com/canadian-med...

NEW: The Liberals are to blame for CUPE’s subpar Air Canada settlement, writes Adam King. www.readthemaple.com/liberals-to-...

NEW: After Scotiabank divested from Israeli arms company Elbit Systems, I spoke to activists who kept up the pressure for 3 years. “I do think it’s safe to say that Elbit became less and less sustainable for them to hold on to.” www.readthemaple.com/scotiabank-d...

NEW: After Scotiabank divested from Israeli arms company Elbit Systems, I spoke to activists who kept up the pressure for 3 years. “I do think it’s safe to say that Elbit became less and less sustainable for them to hold on to.” www.readthemaple.com/scotiabank-d...

An Israeli org praised by the country’s politicians is trying to get @readthemaple.com shut down. Shurat HaDin has claimed to have issued legal notices to payment processors and written to multiple legal and police bodies “calling for a criminal investigation.” An abhorrent attack on the press.

A Tel Aviv-based group that describes its mission as going on the "legal offensive against Israel’s enemies" says it is trying to "shut down" Canadian news organization @readthemaple.com Shurat HaDin is lobbying Canadian police to arrest a Canadian journalist www.readthemaple.com/a-mossad-lin...

NEW: Group sending Canadian right-wing media personalities on free trips to Israel quietly funded by Israeli government Documents unearthed by @pressprogress.ca show Israel's foreign ministry granted the Exigent Foundation $175,000 CAD to bring "Canadian influencers and policymakers" to Israel

I discovered Israeli government procurement documents showing a Canadian group that's sending right-wing media personalities on free trips to Israel was granted funds from Israel's foreign ministry The funding came through an arm of the ministry focused on managing “public perception of Israel”

NEW: A Mossad-linked Israeli lawfare organization is trying to shut down The Maple and get criminal charges laid against me. Read, share and let Israelis know that they don’t get to decide what Canadian journalism looks like. www.readthemaple.com/a-mossad-lin...

“It’s in our interest to know what citizens are doing, but it’s also in our interest in terms of national security and public security.” Canadians In ICE? Neither Canada Nor U.S. Keeps Track, by @alexcosh.bsky.social, with comments from me: www.readthemaple.com/canadians-in... #cdnpoli

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“At one point, prosecutors allege the foreign entity (Ukraine) 'threatened to go to the media with the safeguarded and special operational information in an attempt to leverage Canada into supporting the foreign intelligence service interests.'” www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...

NEW: Our dispatch on the federal government's decision not to include any names on the "Memorial to the Victims of Communism." Experts have warned for years that a list of names submitted for commemoration included Nazi collaborators. www.readthemaple.com/controversia...

NEW: Former UN ambassador Bob Rae said he had his “wings clipped” for posting a tweet defending ICC judges in the face of sanctions imposed by the USA. Records show a Canadian diplomat based in Washington contacted Rae minutes after he posted the tweet. www.readthemaple.com/bob-rae-had-...

NEW: Former UN ambassador Bob Rae said he had his “wings clipped” for posting a tweet defending ICC judges in the face of sanctions imposed by the USA. Records show a Canadian diplomat based in Washington contacted Rae minutes after he posted the tweet. www.readthemaple.com/bob-rae-had-...

"Over the past two years, settlers have increasingly been 'going into houses, holding people at gunpoint, and giving them 24 hours to leave, and many have… We end up in a situation where no one investigates.'" www.dropsitenews.com/p/israel-org...

NEW: The Maple has a truly unique funding model, even among other independent outlets you may associate us with. In this article I go into detail about who has funded us over the years, the benefits of our model and why you should consider becoming a member. www.readthemaple.com/the-maple-wh...

"A table outlining an internal Royal Canadian Air Force 2021 study on the F-35 fighter jet versus Sweden’s Gripen has magically shown up in the press at just the very moment it might most influence the choice about to be made." thewalrus.ca/the-leaked-r...

Elbows up: A leaked Liberal caucus briefing note shows the Mark Carney government fears that regulating arms exports to the USA might upset the Americans. www.readthemaple.com/liberals-fea...

Elbows up: A leaked Liberal caucus briefing note shows the Mark Carney government fears that regulating arms exports to the USA might upset the Americans. www.readthemaple.com/liberals-fea...

NEW: I created a database profiling Toronto institutions Canadian IDF soldiers attended to get a better understanding of how they portray the Israeli military. The institutions, which all have charities, include schools, synagogues and summer camps. gtatoidf.com

The Department of National Defence's Access to Information Directorate just asked me, in response to a request I filed in November, “What constitutes a ‘report’?” After I said that they know what a report is, they replied with a sarcastic “Have a great day!!”

Ladies and gentlemen, make sure to keep your elbows firmly up while inside the vehicles bound for a country that's going to use them to illegally kidnap innocent men, women, and children share.google/ANhrgIX5WcIm...

This is a political leader so, so far beyond her expiry date it's not even funny. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

SCOOP Calgary Police Service suppressed evidence of brutality by officers deployed to the UofC anti-genocide protest on May 9, 2024. Among the evidence was camera footage from senior officers that should have been examined during an internal investigation. drugdatadecoded.ca/calgary-poli...

NEW: US senator Thom Tillis wants Canada to cough up a $300 billion “make up payment” for what he claims are Canada’s “shortfalls” on military spending over the past 20 years. www.readthemaple.com/u-s-senator-...

NEW: Defence Minister David McGuinty said he could not confirm if Canadian officers attended an Israeli military seminar this week. The seminar was held to “strengthen cooperation ... between the participating militaries.” www.readthemaple.com/minister-can...

NEW: I explain how Canada’s ongoing purchases of Israeli weapons and military technology fuel genocide against Palestinians. This is a transcript of my testimony at the people’s tribunal on Canadian responsibility. www.readthemaple.com/how-canadas-...

NEW: I explain how Canada’s ongoing purchases of Israeli weapons and military technology fuel genocide against Palestinians. This is a transcript of my testimony at the people’s tribunal on Canadian responsibility. www.readthemaple.com/how-canadas-...

meanwhile... www.cbc.ca/news/indigen...

Canada is named as an attendee at an "international seminar" hosted by the Israeli military to discuss the lessons learned from Israel's two-year campaign of genocide against Palestinians. www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_ent...

NEW: Canadian authorities detained Richard Falk while he and his wife, Hilal Elver, were en route to a Palestine conference in Ottawa last week. I sat down with professor Falk to discuss what happened and Canada's complicity in the genocide in Gaza. www.readthemaple.com/canada-detai...

"According to sources, the signatories of the letter include Tom Lawson..." www.cbc.ca/news/politic... Lawson is Chair of the Board of the CDA Institute. CDA Institute's 2024 Annual Report names Lockheed Martin, which makes the F-35, as a "strategic partner." cdainstitute.ca/wp-content/u...

NEW: Canadian authorities detained Richard Falk while he and his wife, Hilal Elver, were en route to a Palestine conference in Ottawa last week. I sat down with professor Falk to discuss what happened and Canada's complicity in the genocide in Gaza. www.readthemaple.com/canada-detai...

"We have a seemingly pointless, but probably rather financially wasteful, scheme of half-hearted militarization." canadiandimension.com/articles/vie...

NEW: The Canadian military is getting the biggest injection of cash since the Korean War. Meanwhile, the Defence Department continues to fail on its transparency obligations, according to a report submitted to Parliament. www.readthemaple.com/as-military-...

"It also means third-party security services like Forsythe, which employs ex-paramilitary soldiers and former RCMP officers, could be passing on information to CSIS and police about Indigenous and non-Indigenous land defenders and activists." thenarwhal.ca/csis-resourc...

As the CDN prime minister designates select projects like Coastal GasLink and LNG Canada in the "national interest," the companies behind them continue to form deep ties with Canada's spy agency and other federal law enforcement. Here's a look at why this matters. thenarwhal.ca/csis-resourc...

its not an “antidrug operation“ bsky.app/profile/equa...