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Living Ecological Justice: Videos
By Citizens for Public Justice November 13, 2013
Films and short videos can enhance your discussions on climate change and ecological justice. What follows is a small sampling.
Please note that while we offer this material for your consideration, CPJ does not necessarily endorse the material or the messages contained in these videos.
Living Ecological Justice: Additional Reading
By Citizens for Public Justice November 12, 2013
A great deal of valuable material has been written on the global environmental crisis, the role of faith communities, the importance of advocacy, and the role that taxation and investment can play in improving the fate of creation.
An abbreviated list of resources is included in Living Ecological Justice (pp. 120-121), but there wasn’t room for everything. Included here is a more comprehensive list of recommended reading. We hope that this material will help you on your way to becoming a more engaged and effective advocate for creation.
Thank you for purchasing Living Ecological Justice
By Citizens for Public Justice October 31, 2013
Thank you for purchasing Living Ecological Justice. A receipt from PayPal has been sent to the email address you have provided. If you find our resources helpful, we invite you to learn more about how you can join your voice to CPJ’s and help make lasting change.
Press Release: Food Bank Volunteers Fed Up with Government Inaction
By Citizens for Public Justice October 17, 2013
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Ottawa, ON: October 17, 2013 — On October 17, the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, food bank volunteers will walk away from their lunch lines to serve up food for thought on street corners in major cities across the country. They are asking everyday Canadians to re-consider food charity as the solution…
“Poverty Trends Highlights: Canada 2013”
By Citizens for Public Justice October 1, 2013
The new “Poverty Trends Highlights” report brings together the most recent data on poverty in Canada to identify where things are improving and where they’re getting worse.
Fulfilling our Collective Responsibility
By Citizens for Public Justice September 3, 2013
This is the third in a three-part series highlighting CPJ’s recommendations for the 2014 federal budget as contained in Fulfilling our Collective Responsibility. This week, we discuss the injustice facing privately sponsored refugees in Canada.
Budget 2013: Fulfilling our Collective Responsibility
By Citizens for Public Justice August 22, 2013
Submission to the Standing Committee on Finance Pre-Budget Consultations
August 2013
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While CPJ has publicly raised questions about the integrity of the pre-budget consultation process, we believe that now, more than ever, the voice of public justice needs to be heard in Ottawa, and that continued engagement with our elected officials is a far better choice than disengagement or apathy.
While CPJ has publicly raised questions about the integrity of the pre-budget consultation process, we believe that now, more than ever, the voice of public justice needs to be heard in Ottawa, and that continued engagement with our elected officials is a far better choice than disengagement or apathy.
Press Release: Premiers Urged to Address Housing Crisis at Council of the Federation
By Citizens for Public Justice July 22, 2013
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Ottawa, ON: July 22, 2013 – A group of over 50 organizations from across Canada has signed a joint letter to Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne urging her to place housing at the top of the agenda as she hosts the provincial and territorial premiers for the July 22–24 meeting of the Council of the Federation in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont.
Three Generations of CPJ: 50th Anniversary Reflection
By Citizens for Public Justice May 30, 2013
This is the fifth online reflection posted in honour of CPJ’s 50th anniversary.