By Thea deGroot This February, my husband, Art and I had the privilege of participating in a Tanzania tour with Farm Radio International, a Canadian charity supporting broadcasters in developing countries to strengthen small–scale farming and rural communities providing impact programming, broadcaster resources and training.
Amid the COVID–19 pandemic, the federal government should take note of the fundamental role that foreign workers, including refugees, play in our food and health care systems.
Environmental degradation has coincided with the dispossession and disempowerment of Indigenous Peoples in Canada and elsewhere. We can’t turn back the clock, but we can make a better future.
Amnesty International: Kelowna has invited the 11 federal candidates in the ridings of Kelowna—Lake Country and Central Okanagan—Similkameen -Nicola to an All Candidates Immigration Forum, to present their party’s policies regarding: Canadian Immigration, Refugees and Migrant workers. To date, federal candidates who have confirmed their attendance are: Allan Duncan (People’s Party of Canada, Central […]
A virtual conference exploring how we are called to seek justice together through intersectional, interpersonal, and interconnected approaches.
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In June, 2000, the city of Windsor, Ontario hosted the Organization of American States General Assembly. I had just started my first full -time public policy job and was excited to attend such a high–profile event. Rallies and protests were already familiar spaces to me and I considered them important opportunities to encourage political […]
Two weeks ago, Minister for Citizenship and Immigration Jason Kenney stated that he believed immigrants should be required to speak English or French before being accepted into Canada, arguing that this would encourage newcomers to integrate more into Canadian society. His statement has since sparked a heated debate about immigration policy in Canada. How […]
Sheila Regehr, former executive director of the National Council of Welfare speaks as CPJ’s 2012 Annual General Meeting in Ottawa.
[…] Peter’s participating in the restoration of our covenantal relationship with God and creation? They are taking action – as individuals, as Christians, and as citizens. Karri Munn -Venn is a policy analyst at Citizens for Public Justice – a national organization of members inspired by faith to act for justice in Canadian public policy. […]
