World Federalist Movement – Canada
World Federalist Movement – Canada is a not-for-profit organisation that does research, education and advocacy on global governance, guided by the principles of democratic federalism. It is the Canadian member of the World Federalist Movement, has branches in Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver and Victoria, and co-publishes Mondial with Citizens for Global Solutions.
Adapted from wfmcanada.org.
Articles
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Mondial Spring 2021: Better Climate Governance Matters!
March 2021
COP26 offers a chance to advance climate action. World federalists propose mediation to improve international climate negotiations.
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Mondial Summer 2020: Yikes! – Trump’s Middle-East “Peace Plan”
September 2020
US President Trump’s Middle-East peace plan sparks global condemnation. The proposal threatens the two-state solution and risks creating a new form of apartheid in Palestine.
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Mondial Summer 2020: Update on Canada’s National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security
September 2020
Canada’s 2017 to 2022 women, peace and security plan promises annual reports to Parliament by September. An election and then COVID-19 pushed the latest to June.
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Mondial Summer 2020: Surviving Dystopia: World Federalism Eclipsed
September 2020
Myron J. Frankman argues that climate breakdown will make borders untenable, so survival needs a planet-wide basic income, open borders and local governing assemblies, with phones guiding people to safety.
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Mondial Summer 2020: Canada’s support for UN peace operations falls far short of government commitments
September 2020
Canada’s UN peacekeeping contributions fall to historic lows. The World Federalist Movement criticizes unfulfilled commitments and calls for renewed military and police involvement.
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Trump’s Middle East “Peace Plan”
August 2020
US President Donald Trump’s Middle East Peace Plan proposes annexing Palestinian territories. The plan faces international legal and diplomatic opposition.
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The search for a new prosecutor for the International Criminal Court
August 2020
Four little-known finalists, calls to widen the nominations, and a US executive order aimed at people who cooperate with ICC probes: the court picks its next prosecutor under pressure.
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TakeAction for July 2020: Global governance and COVID-19
July 2020
A UN Parliamentary Assembly, a stronger International Criminal Court and a better equipped WHO are the examples Democracia Global gives in its petition, which stresses that it is no proposal for a world state.
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Women, Peace and Security Network – Canada update
April 2020
Canada’s Ambassador for Women, Peace and Security, Jacqueline O’Neill, briefed civil society members on trips to Jordan and Africa, while the overdue action plan report has stalled the advisory group’s next meeting.
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A “Canadian Centre for Peace, Order and Good Government” – say, what?
April 2020
The Canadian government launches a new peace and governance center. Details remain unclear as officials plan its structure and mandate.
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What is UNDRIP?
March 2020
UNDRIP outlines Indigenous rights in international law. Canada’s implementation of UNDRIP remains stalled.
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TakeAction for March 2020: Canada and the ICC investigation in Afghanistan
March 2020
Successive Canadian governments never opened a credible inquiry into detainee abuse in Afghanistan, so WFM–C asks readers to write ministers Sajjan and Lametti demanding cooperation with the ICC and a thorough domestic investigation.
