[Craic] Canadians to Hold National Day of Action Against F-35 Exports to Israel Via the United States

[Arthur Blomme]

    Canadians to Hold National Day of Action Against F-35 Exports to
    Israel Via the United States

ByCanadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East 
<https://www.globalresearch.ca/author/canadians-for-justice-and-peace-in-the-middle-east>
Global Research, November 15, 2024
CJPME
Region:Canada <https://www.globalresearch.ca/region/canada>,Middle East 
& North Africa <https://www.globalresearch.ca/region/middle-east>,USA 
<https://www.globalresearch.ca/region/usa>
Theme:Intelligence 
<https://www.globalresearch.ca/theme/intelligence>,Militarization and 
WMD <https://www.globalresearch.ca/theme/militarization-and-wmd>
In-dpth Report:PALESTINE 
<https://www.globalresearch.ca/indepthreport/palestine>

/This Saturday, November 16,hundreds of people will gather 
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of 15 factories and facilities across the country to expose Canada’s 
involvement in the production and maintenance of the F-35 fighter jets 
that are devastating Gaza and Lebanon, and to demand that Canada impose 
an immediate, two-way arms embargo on Israel. Each targeted ompany 
produces components of Lockheed Martin’s flagship war plane, which 
Israel is using to drop 2000lb bombs on residential neighborhoods, 
schools, and refugee camps. Protests will take place at factories 
producing key F-35 components from Asco in Delta BC, which 
manufactureswing bulkheads 
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the “largest single piece” of the F-35, to Ottawa-based Gastops, which 
is thesole manufacturer 
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the F-35’sengine sensors 
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F-35s, Lockheed Martin’s flagship fighter jet and the most advanced 
warplane used by the Israeli Air Force, are a key tool of destruction 
and mass death in Gaza and Lebanon. Every single F-35 is full ofmillions 
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dollars of technology made by Canadian companies and subsidiaries, from 
machined parts, fuselage sections, bulkheads, and electro-hydraulic 
actuation system components, to power and thermal management system 
controllers. Saturday’sNational Day of Action 
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the companies involved in producing and maintaining F-35 components, 
which are shipped to Israel through aUS loophole 
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allows the majority of Canada’s arms exports to Israel to pass— largely 
unregulated, untracked, and without requiring a permit— through the US.

Neighbours will be rallying outside each of the sites with banners and 
signs condemning the company and the government for complicity in 
Israel’s genocide. Some actions will include speakers, performances, 
flyering, and marches.

*HALIFAX:*1:00pm, at BAE Systems – 35 Micmac Blvd., Dartmouth, NS. Info 
here 
<https://www.cjpme.org/r?u=B1N7-9ilpcd2RVSZElDKfysIxI_NwWQGBSvdytaLaoj-Z_G7eNdu-hhUqaMdq2aH6MwJ6CsxuQ6JjZNdHCjfmQ&e=919636d98967df85e0647cb77d473391f8c3f237&utm_source=cjpme&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=pr_2024_11_14_media_f35&n=9>.

*LUNENBURG:*1:00pm, 71 Hall St, Lunenburg. Rally at Stelia’s factory 
that has been producing parts for F-35s for almost a decade.Info here. 
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*MONCTON:*1pm. Rally at APEX factory producing structural components for 
the F-35.

*MONTREAL:* 12pm. 1111 Boul. Saint Charles O, Longueuil. Rally at the 
global headquarters of major F-35 supplier Heroux-Devtek.Info here. 
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*OTTAWA:*2pm, 1011 Polytek Road. Rally at Gastops, the only place in the 
world that creates engine sensors for Lockheed Martin’s F-35 bomber 
jets.Info here. 
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*TORONTO:*2pm, 17 Prince Andrew Pl. Rally at L3Harris.Info here. 
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*VAUGHAN:*10am, 8065 Huntington Road. Rally at Ben Machine Products 
factory. Info here 
<https://www.cjpme.org/r?u=B1N7-9ilpcd2RVSZElDKfwr6QurVDy5EQM-IcqJt6l5i2RS0sF_-IZOQe6TfgoU1&e=919636d98967df85e0647cb77d473391f8c3f237&utm_source=cjpme&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=pr_2024_11_14_media_f35&n=14>.

*MISSISSAUGA:*12pm, 3333 Unity Drive. Rally at Honeywell Aerospace.Info 
here 
<https://www.cjpme.org/r?u=B1N7-9ilpcd2RVSZElDKf1CZhUUPq2QEMwqL9Fh7HXoDSKS1ptyQB8nNAJu7EA9T&e=919636d98967df85e0647cb77d473391f8c3f237&utm_source=cjpme&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=pr_2024_11_14_media_f35&n=15>.; 2pm, 
Celebration Square, 300 City Centre Drive. Rally and march highlighting 
local F-35 suppliers.Info here 
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*MIDLAND:*12pm. Meet at Regent Park located at 421 College St, Midland, 
ON L4R 2Y4. We’ll rally together at Raytheon Elcan.Info here. 
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*HAMILTON:*10am. Meet at Clappison’s Corners (intersection of Highway 5 
and Clappison Ave, Waterdown). Rally at L3Harris.Info here. 
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*CAMBRIDGE:*1pm. 24 Cherry Blossom Road, Cambridge. Rally at PCC 
Aerostructures Centra’s Cambridge factory that produces F-35 parts on 
site.Info here. 
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*WINNIPEG:*12pm rally at CBC (541 Portage Ave), after which a contingent 
will break off to do a postering action near the Magellan factory that 
manufactures tail fins for the F-35.

*CALGARY:* 1pm. 919 72 ave NE, Calgary. Rally at Raytheon. Park and 
pre-protest meetup at the IHOP/Walmart parking lot in Deerfoot City.Info 
here. 
<https://www.cjpme.org/r?u=B1N7-9ilpcd2RVSZElDKf5igMalvz3DKeDnGWtW3e1io77jKCVMDkk0scgvhp9DH&e=919636d98967df85e0647cb77d473391f8c3f237&utm_source=cjpme&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=pr_2024_11_14_media_f35&n=20>

*VANCOUVER:*Car rally and arms embargo tour visiting multiple sites. 
12:30pm Vancouver meet-up (Safeway parking lot at Commercial and 
Broadway).1:30pm Delta meetup at ASCO weapons factory (8510 River Road).

*VICTORIA:*9am prayer walk leaving Blue Bridge on Wharf St. leading to 
11am rally at Lockheed Martin’s facility, 1250 Lockley Road.Info here 
<https://www.cjpme.org/r?u=B1N7-9ilpcd2RVSZElDKf5FxHT51HVhPzYtc2PsSP1UsLEcmmjvr_mDBSL_MTYAp&e=919636d98967df85e0647cb77d473391f8c3f237&utm_source=cjpme&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=pr_2024_11_14_media_f35&n=21>.

The Day of Action was announced by the ongoing#ArmsEmbargoNow 
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urging the Canadian government to fulfill its legal and moral 
obligations to do everything in its power to protect Palestinians in 
Gaza from the serious risk of genocide and from grave violations of 
human rights and humanitarian law perpetrated by Israel in its ongoing 
assault on and siege of Gaza, including putting an immediate end to the 
trade of arms and military technology with Israel. Since launching in 
May, the Arms Embargo Now statement has been endorsed by more than 400 
associations, labour unions, faith institutions, human rights and 
environmental organizations, and community groups across Canada.Over 40 
MPs 
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the Liberal, NDP and Green Party have signed on to the demand, 
acknowledging the catastrophe caused by Israel’s ongoing assault on Gaza 
and calling on the Canadian government to impose a full and immediate 
arms embargo on Israel.

Despite Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly’s statement in September 
that “we will not have any form of arms or parts of arms be sent to 
Gaza, period,” Canadian weapons and military components continue to flow 
to Israel for use in Gaza both by direct export, via approximately 200 
active export permits to Israel that have not been suspended, as well as 
indirectly via the US as with these F-35 parts.

Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East (CJPME) is a steering 
committee member of Arms Embargo Now. Map of protests and additional 
informationhere <http://armsembargonow.ca/f35>.
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