NEW: The Canadian military will host tests of Israeli arms technology that is used to maintain apartheid over Palestinians and to wage the war on Gaza.

The 'sandbox' event gives the arms company access to CAF experts and a chance to win cash prizes.
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My latest from The Maple:

The National Post quietly stopped running content from a wire service that masquerades pro-Israel commentary as news reporting in March.

A couple days after I reached out to inquire why, they started running it again.

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NEW: Jeremy Appel - @jeremyappel.bsky.social reports that the National Post quietly stopped running stories from a pro-Israel propaganda outlet while a complaint against them was being heard.

The complaint was dismissed, but other concerns about Postmedia's coverage remain. readthemaple.com/postmedia-paus…

Thanks dustin for highlighting the ongoing use of media exclusion zones in Canada. readthemaple.com/exclusion-zone…

NEW: ‘Exclusion Zone’ Blocked Journalists Covering Vancouver Tent City Teardown

Read the latest from dustin

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Writing The Maple dustin reports on the ‘Exclusion Zone’ blocking journalists from covering the Vancouver Tent City teardown.

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NEW from dustin: Park rangers enforced a 'media exclusion zone' to prevent journalists from covering a decampment in Vancouver last month despite past court decisions ruling against exclusion zones. readthemaple.com/exclusion-zone…

NEW: CIJA has lobbied nearly 60% of all MPs.

Some of these MPs, however, have spent a lot more time with CIJA than others.

Here are the 10 MPs most lobbied by CIJA.

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Reminder that the Canadian military is still planning to spend $43 million on missiles from an Israeli state-owned arms dealer whose munitions were used to kill a Canadian citizen and army veteran, and six other aid workers.
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Exclusive:

A confidential report to Cdn Heritage warned a new monument's commemorative elements honoured fascists & war criminals

Dept told massive research effort needed to avoid serious embarassment

Latest The Maple

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NEW from Taylor C. Noakes @taylornoakes.bsky.social: We obtained a 2021 report from Heritage Canada warning about how the 'Victims of Communism' monument in Ottawa could honour Nazi collaborators and fascists.

It's not clear if/how they acted on the report's recommendations. readthemaple.com/expert-warned-…

Using Spike missiles, Israel murdered seven aid workers, including a Canadian citizen.

Despite the atrocity, Canada's government still intends to spend $43 million to purchase Spike missiles from Israel.

In other words, Genocide Justin's government will enrich the very arms

Charities Are Paying Student Journalists For ‘Pro-Israel Content’ The Maple readthemaple.com/charities-are-…

NEW: A pair of Zionist charities in Canada is paying post-secondary students, including journalists, to write and share “pro-Israel content.”

Some of these students have also appeared at the centre of mainstream media’s ‘antisemitism on campus’ coverage.

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IJV Nat’l Coord Corey Balsam in The Maple on the NDP motion for Palestine:

“It’s disappointing the government managed to save face and get away with only a few small steps in the right direction.”

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NEW: The Canadian Armed Forces still plans to buy missiles from Israel even after the Israeli military used the same type of missile to kill a Canadian veteran.

“At this time, there is no plans to review this purchase.”
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NEW: The Canadian military says it has no plans of reviewing its decision to purchase $43 million of a type of Israeli missile that was likely used to kill one of its own veterans in Gaza.

“At this time, there is no plans to review this purchase.”
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NEW from me in The Maple:

I look at how the NDP’s Palestine motion passed in a heavily modified form and whether the Liberals voted in favour of anything new.

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NEW from Jeremy Appel - @jeremyappel.bsky.social: An in-depth look at whether the recent non-binding motion in Parliament was a small victory for Palestine or an affirmation of the status quo. readthemaple.com/gaza-vote-a-sm…