ACTION ALERT: No to NATO; Yes to Peace
World BEYOND War & Our Commons

THE STATEMENT

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is a destabilizing, law-breaking force for militarization and war provocation. Its existence makes wars, including nuclear wars, more likely.

Its hostility toward the few significant militaries in the world that are not among its members fuels arms races and conflicts.

The commitment of NATO members to join each others’ wars and NATO’s pursuit of enemies far from the North Atlantic risk global destruction.

We hold up a vision of a world beyond NATO, where we invest to eliminate poverty, hunger, illness and homelessness; where we live in harmony with our environment; and where we resolve conflict diplomatically through the only global organization that represents the whole world – the United Nations.

No to NATO: Petition to Canada
Our Commons

ACTION: Petition to The House of Commons
Whereas:

• Canada was a founding member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in 1949 and has participated in every NATO intervention;
• NATO has failed to uphold Article 1 of its charter “to settle any international dispute in which they may be involved by peaceful means in such a manner that international peace and security are not endangered”;
• NATO launched illegal interventions against Yugoslavia in 1999, Afghanistan in 2001, and Libya in 2011 that have caused mass civilian deaths and destruction of infrastructure with no accountability;
• According to the NATO Defence Expenditures report, Canada’s military spending has increased from $20 billion in 2014 to $39 billion in 2023, which has diverted funding away from social programs and climate action;
• Throughout the year, NATO engages in exercises and operations, which involve thousands of soldiers and vehicles that adversely impact the climate and environment;
• NATO relies on a dangerous deterrence doctrine, which risks the use of nuclear weapons;
• Canada has refused to join the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons because of NATO;
• Canada is leading NATO’s Enhanced Forward Presence, a battlegroup, in Latvia and escalating conflict with Russia; and
• NATO is a U.S.-dominated military alliance that impedes Canada’s sovereignty over our defence policy and civilian control of our military.

We, the undersigned, residents of Canada, call upon the Government of Canada to, call upon the House of Commons to:

Withdraw from NATO

1. Remove Canadian troops from Latvia;
2. Reduce military spending; and
3. Conduct public consultations on a new foreign policy based on peace and international cooperation.

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