The campaign to end Canada’s planned purchase of its first armed drones.
The Canadian government is moving quickly to award a contract for remotely piloted armed drones which would be used by the military both for domestic surveillance and in foreign operations.
The initial cost estimate is $5 billion with billions more to operate the drones over their 25-year lifespan.
Now is the time to stop this planned purchase before it happens. The Canadian military does not need armed drones. Rather than making the world safer, these weapons of terror are used in extrajudicial executions, surveillance of targeted populations and other violations of human rights.
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