DAY OF ACTION AGAINST MILITARY SPENDING
Monday, April 18
REPORT HERE
Outside the Department of National Defence's Military Recruitment Centre - 827 Fort St, Victoria
The world spends $1.7 trillion on military expenditures according to the latest figures from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute.
The Canadian government spends $23 billion on the Department of National Defence every year, but only $1.5 billion on Environment Canada, the lead agency on climate change. We cannot tackle poverty and climate change if we continue to waste our precious tax dollars on war and weapons.
The Canadian Voice of Women for Peace (VOW) joins the International Peace Bureau and partners around the world to demand that countries re-allocate military expenditures to urgent social and environmental needs.
Contact : Tamara Lorincz ; info@vowpeace.org ; 416-603-7915
Organized by the Canadian Voice of Women for Peace
Website : http://vowpeace.org/event/global-day-against-military-spending-vow-event-in-victoria-bc/
Facebook page
More information here
Monday, April 18
REPORT HERE
Outside the Department of National Defence's Military Recruitment Centre - 827 Fort St, Victoria
The world spends $1.7 trillion on military expenditures according to the latest figures from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute.
The Canadian government spends $23 billion on the Department of National Defence every year, but only $1.5 billion on Environment Canada, the lead agency on climate change. We cannot tackle poverty and climate change if we continue to waste our precious tax dollars on war and weapons.
The Canadian Voice of Women for Peace (VOW) joins the International Peace Bureau and partners around the world to demand that countries re-allocate military expenditures to urgent social and environmental needs.
Contact : Tamara Lorincz ; info@vowpeace.org ; 416-603-7915
Organized by the Canadian Voice of Women for Peace
Website : http://vowpeace.org/event/global-day-against-military-spending-vow-event-in-victoria-bc/
Facebook page
More information here