With Israelās first ever weaponized drone strike in the Palestinian West BankĀ in June 2023 killing 3 Palestinians,Ā including a 15-year-old boy, and the recent use of armed drone strikes inĀ Jenin, we call for no armed drones in Canada, no armed drones anywhere!Ā
The Canadian government is moving quickly to award a contract for remotely piloted armed dronesĀ which would beĀ used by the military both for domestic surveillance and in foreign operations.
InĀ 2021, the Canadian BDS Coalition began to call on the Canadian government to stop its procurement process of $5B of armed drones.
BDS Coalition joins 120 organizations calling for two-way arms embargo on Israel