ceasefireinsider
ceasefireinsider
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Steven Staples is the President of the Rideau Institute on International Affairs, an independent research and advocacy group based in Ottawa. It provides research, analysis and commentary on policy issues to decision makers, opinion leaders and the public. It is a federally registered non-profit organization, established in January 2007.
In the past 15 years, Steven Staples has acted as the Director of Security Programs for the Polaris Institute, the Issue Campaigns Coordinator for the Council of Canadians and the Coordinator for End the Arms Race.
In 2003, Staples founded the web site Ceasefire.ca to create a network of Canadians concerned about Canada's faltering support for peace and disarmament. It has grown into a network of more than 15,000 people who regularly petition the government on important issues. Ceasefire.ca was instrumental in pushing the government of Paul Martin to not join the U.S. ballistic missile defence program.
He is well-known for his work on international defence, disarmament and trade issues. In 2006 Staples published his first book, Missile Defence: Round One (Lorimer) which chronicled the citizen-based campaign that succeeded in persuading the Paul Martin government to announce that it would not join the U.S. ballistic missile defence program in February 2005.
Steven Staples is a member of the Canadian Pugwash Group, the Group of 78, and also acts as the General Secretary of the international network of anti-nuclear groups, Abolition 2000.
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