[…] from where our higher values lie. Our work to eliminate poverty, defend refugee rights, and care for creation therefore recommends certain economic options and policies over others. In free market capitalism, success is often framed as the predominance of individual gain. Using the frame of public justice, the economic system we construct should be designed […]
Budget 2015 ignores the 4.8 million Canadians who live in poverty. And with major climate negotiations coming later this year, it ignores the climate crisis that future generations will have to deal with. It ignores the tens of thousands of vulnerable refugees who come to Canada looking for a better life.
[…] a voice. Our inability to combine our efforts, not only at senior leadership levels, but among congregations themselves, has left us unable to rise above the clinical message of the free market and the endless soundbites of the political parties. Unless we find a way to collect our disparate voices into one national call, then our best days will […]
July 2015Read the Letter The Dignity for All campaign has asked Canada’s premiers to bring their concerns about federal responsibility on poverty to the forefront of their priorities.
Closing the International Accountability GapJune 2016Read the Statement CPJ calls on the Government of Canada to ensure that people harmed by the overseas operations of Canadian mining, oil and gas companies are able to access justice in Canada.
Today is the World Day of Prayer for Creation. It coincides with the Orthodox commemoration of how God created the world and marks the beginning of the “Season of Creation” which continues through to the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi on October 4. Please join us as together, with our brothers and sisters […]
[…] the Dignity for All campaign has emphasized.” Since 2009 CPJ, along with campaign partner Canada Without Poverty, has co-lead Dignity for All: the campaign for a poverty- free Canada. The campaign is supported by over 10,000 individuals and 600 local and national organizations. Dignity for All has developed a model National Anti-Poverty Plan for […]
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Ottawa, ON: June 1, 2017 — The HUMA Parliamentary Committee has released a report on its recent study on poverty reduction strategies. The report, Breaking the Cycle: A Study on Poverty Reduction, summarizes what the committee heard […]
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Ottawa, ON, October 17, 2017 — Today is the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, and Chew On This! events are being held by over 80 groups in more than 30 cities and towns across the country – from Vancouver to St. John’s […]
[…] November 22, 2017 – To mark National Housing Day, the federal government unveiled the details of its National Housing Strategy (NHS), a national plan to address housing and homelessness in Canada. The Dignity for All campaign, co-led by Citizens for Public Justice (CPJ) and Canada Without Poverty (CWP), welcomed the announcement as a step […]
