Feb 192019
 

The last “for your selection” was:

2019-02-14 For your selection, emphasis on role of the universities in “Plummeting insect numbers ‘threaten collapse of nature’”

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WHATEVER HAPPENED TO . . .  DANIEL TURP’S COURT CASE AGAINST $15 BILLION DOLLAR ARMS DEAL TO SAUDI ARABIA?   Q&A

QUESTION:

Le 19 févr. 2019, Sandra Finley a écrit :

Hi!  Daniel Turp,

C’est dommage – je ne parle pas francais.

J’admire votre (métier? oeuvre?) . .  esprit.

Are you still waiting for a decision from the Supreme Court on whether they will hear your appeal?

It appears that you filed information on Nov 7, and are still waiting.

https://www.scc-csc.ca/case-dossier/info/dock-regi-eng.aspx?cas=38321   

2018-11-07

Applicant’s reply to respondent’s argument, (Letter Form), Completed on: 2018-11-07

Daniel Turp

I run an activist email network and blog.  We have followed your progress.

On behalf of this network, to you and to your students:  we stand behind, and are grateful to you for all your work on behalf of the Planet.

Best wishes,

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ANSWER:

From: Daniel Turp
Sent: February 20, 2019
To: Sandra Finley
Subject: Re: Your appeal to the Supreme Court

Dear Ms Finley,

Thank you very much for your kind words that brighten my day!

We are awaiting a decision on a panel of three judges on our leave to appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada. It is hard to know when that decision will be made.

Kind regards… et un grand merci !

Daniel Turp

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2018-10-22 Germany halts arms deals with Saudi Arabia,  encourages allies to do the same, Washington Post

 

2016-04-16 Court Challenge to Saudi Arms contract by Canadian Constitutional lawyer Daniel Turp – – interview on The House.

2016-04-15 Vindication: London Protesters Who ‘Put Arms Trade on Trial’ Acquitted (Canada – Saudi Arabia; CWB in Comments)

2016-02-05 Ottawa to face court challenge over $15 billion Saudi arms deal, G&M. (Daniel Turp and students)

Manufacturer and beneficiary of the $15 billion dollar sale of the armoured vehicles:  General Dynamics from the American military-industrial complex through a subsidiary they set up in Canada.

 

2016-01-07 Canadian Arms Sale Pours Fuel on Saudi-Iran Fire, Chronicle Herald

2016-02-16 UK’s Saudi weapons sales unlawful, Lords committee finds, The Guardian

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2019-02-19  Scientist says some pollution is good for you – a disputed claim Trump’s EPA has embraced.  LA Times

2019-02-19  Interesting Opinion Poll Results on Climate Change, implications for export of water, with thanks to David Todtman

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