Citizens for Public Justice

June 2014

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A day ahead of World Refugee Day 2014, CPJ wrote to Citizenship and Immigration Minister Chris Alexander calling on the federal government to resettle 10,000 Syrian refugees.

June 2014
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CPJ signed on to a letter supporting the inclusion of climate change in the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

June 2014
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In a letter to the CEOs of eight banks, CPJ’s Board Chair, Will Postma, pointed to the need to, “widen the net of benefit to include the many more Canadians who are also low-income.”

• Let Them Have Dominion by Karri Munn-Venn
• ​New Year, New Rules for Refugees by Ashley Chapman
• The Recession Lives On by Brad Wassink
• Health as a Public Good: Thinking Broadly, Acting Locally by Lori Kleinsmith
• Stop Profiting from the Wreckage! by Nicole Armstrong
• Income Splitting: A Contentious Debate within the Canadian Church by Simon Lewchuk
• Groundings: Jesus’ Values Revolution by David Pfrimmer

Jim Flaherty released the federal budget yesterday afternoon, and as expected it presented a “business-as-usual” approach. Announced in the midst of the Sochi Olympics, Budget 2014 contained few new policy announcements, achieving its goal of a quiet release. That silence was heard across Canada as those concerned with stubbornly high poverty rates, continued inaction against…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Ottawa, ON: February 11, 2014 – Today’s federal budget will not win any medals. Though Christians across Canada have advocated for change, Budget 2014 gave those concerned with poverty, climate change, and refugees little to cheer for. “Nowhere near the podium, the federal government has missed an opportunity to lead, and has failed…

Have you ever wondered what the federal budget would look like if Citizens for Public Justice and other anti-poverty, environmental, and civil society organizations had the chance to write it? It’s all contained in this year’s Alternative Federal Budget (AFB), a collaborative project CPJ and several of our partner organizations contribute to annually. It was…

This article originally appeared in the Winter 2013 edition of the Catalyst.​

​​For 50 years, Citizens for Public Justice has given voice and legs to my hopes and prayers for a more just Canada. I see CPJ as a little blue engine pulling a long train of carefully-considered policy recommendations over a mountain, undeterred by barriers of unjust legislation or misguided government priorities.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Ottawa, ON: December 11, 2013 – A report on income inequality released by the House of Commons’ Finance Committee yesterday doesn’t do nearly enough to address the needs of low-income Canadians, says national faith-based organization Citizens for Public Justice (CPJ). According to CPJ’s Making Ends Meet report, released today, low-income families are struggling…

This fourth and final report in our Poverty Trends Scorecard series shows that in the face of economic uncertainty and stagnant incomes, Canadians are working hard to keep up with rising living costs.