<div dir="ltr">Hi, Tamara<div>Thanks for the link to the discussion on the military budget.</div><div>Sorry I can't be at the Palestinian Youth rally today, but will plan on attending future rallies. Will this be a regular rally?</div><div>Cathy Scott</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, May 5, 2024 at 6:03 PM Tamara Lorincz <<a href="mailto:tlorincz@dal.ca">tlorincz@dal.ca</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div class="msg-8655184190572023451">
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hello KW peace,<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">A change of plans: There will NOT be an action this week on University Avenue on Tuesday. Instead, please join this event organized by the Palestinian Youth Movement:
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<p class="MsoNormal">“Rally for Liberation: UW Divest From Genocide. University of Waterloo Arts Quad. Monday, May 6 at 2:30 pm”. <u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">There is a grief walk for Gaza every Saturday at 11am at the Kitchener Farmers Market.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">You might be interested in the online meeting on Monday evening.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks,<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>ONLINE MEETING: Open Discussion on Canada's Federal Budget 2024, new Defence Update & new National Action Plan on Women, Peace & Security</b><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Monday, May 6, 2024 from 7:30-8:30 pm ET (Toronto) | 4:30-5:30 pm PT (Vancouver) | 8:30-9:30 pm AT (Halifax)<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">*Join Zoom Meeting<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81629765160?pwd=dXF6cC9yUnZBRXJ2S1l0RTRwWm5LZz09" target="_blank">https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81629765160?pwd=dXF6cC9yUnZBRXJ2S1l0RTRwWm5LZz09</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Meeting ID: 816 2976 5160<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Passcode: 020765<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Join VOW and WILPF in an online open discussion about Canada’s new federal budget, new defence policy update and third national action plan on women, peace & security. We will talk about the dangerous warpath that Canada is on. Please see
a link below to these documents plus SIPRI’s new report on global military spending.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Let’s discuss these plans and figure out how we take action.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">*You don’t have to read the documents – just if you want to scroll/scan through them quickly.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i>NEW FEDERAL GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS: <u></u><u></u></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">1.Third National Action Plan for Women, Peace and Security: A Foundation for Peace:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.international.gc.ca/transparency-transparence/assets/pdfs/women-peace-security-femmes-paix-securite/2023-2029-foundation-peace-fondation-paix-en.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.international.gc.ca/transparency-transparence/assets/pdfs/women-peace-security-femmes-paix-securite/2023-2029-foundation-peace-fondation-paix-en.pdf</a><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">2. Defence Policy Update “Our North, Strong and Free”: <a href="https://www.canada.ca/en/department-national-defence/corporate/reports-publications/north-strong-free-2024.html" target="_blank">
https://www.canada.ca/en/department-national-defence/corporate/reports-publications/north-strong-free-2024.html</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal">3. Federal Budget 2024: <a href="https://budget.canada.ca/2024/home-accueil-en.html#pdf" target="_blank">
https://budget.canada.ca/2024/home-accueil-en.html#pdf</a> <u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">4. SIPRI Report on “Trends in World Military Expenditures, 2023”
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.sipri.org/sites/default/files/2024-04/2404_fs_milex_2023.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.sipri.org/sites/default/files/2024-04/2404_fs_milex_2023.pdf</a>
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