The military-industrial complex is strongly rooted in Canada.  You can see that first hand at CANSEC 2009, Canada’s largest military arms bazaar, which will be held this spring at Lansdowne Park, May 27-28.  Many of the companies who will be hawking their wares there are involved in the manufacture of Anti-Personnel Cluster Bombs, Fragmentation Bombs and Phosphorous Bombs as well as making components in weapons systems that deliver the following:
  *  Nuclear Weapons
  *  Depleted Uranium Munitions
  *  Anti-Personnel Cluster Bombs
  *  Anti-Personnel Landmines
While I recognize that war itself is often outside the bounds of “legality”, (this is the argument I’ve heard many pro-war apologists make), there is a history of international dialogue and agreement on the fact that many of these weapons are inhumane and should not be manufactured in the first place.   But, Canada is deeply involved in the military-industrial complex and many Canadian companies profit handsomely from the death these weapons reap.  As a Canadian, I am strongly opposed to the weapons industry.  If you read this and give a damn, let everyone you can know about CANSEC 2009 and go to http://coat.ncf.ca/ to learn more about this issue, as well as why and how to oppose the industry.  Many Canadians have yet to be educated about the real consequences of this industry and how deeply involved our country is in the aggressive occupation of foreign lands.  On several occasions when I was younger I had the opportunity to go see an “air show”.  I was too naive to know what that would be about, but thankfully, I never went. This is what I would have seen, and I would have been just as foolish as the folks in this video.  Now, I know better and intend to let others know too. Take a look if you’ve got 30 mins.