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Unsure about how to respond to the ever-growing refugee crisis worldwide? Find out how your local church community can engage in creating a more welcoming Canada, through tools that will highlight current issues and provide context, discussion points, tips for direct action, and a deepened understanding of the Biblical call to welcome the stranger.
[…] Act, to committee. This bill would have legislated a framework for a national poverty reduction strategy. As co-leaders of Dignity for All: The campaign for a poverty- free Canada, Citizens for Public Justice (CPJ) is disappointed that low-income people living in Canada must continue to wait for a comprehensive federal response to poverty. The […]
These documents have been gradually shaped and refined by the staff, board and members of CPJ over the years as we have struggled together to understand the implications of God’s intention for us. The Guidelines and the Charter cannot just be plugged into any given situation to provide a straightforward ruling on what is […]
A Public Justice Case for Proportional Representation Submission to the Special Committee on Electoral Reform October 2016 Download the Brief CPJ recommends that the Canadian government adopt a system of mixed-member proportional representation (PR) that is effective, legitimate, engaging, accessible, inclusive, and representative.
From The Catalyst, Spring 2016 by Anita Khanna With the election of a new federal government, Canada must seize the opportunity for overdue transformation of its shameful poverty record.
The federal government will fully restore the Interim Federal Health Program (IFHP) to all refugees starting April 1, 2016. Citizens for Public Justice is celebrating, and across Canada refugees and their sponsors are sighing in relief—they no longer need to worry about how they will pay for their health needs.
From the Catalyst, Winter 2016 Alan Kurdi, a two-year-old Kurdish-Syrian boy, drowned alongside his family members in the Mediterranean on September 2, 2015. The world vowed to do more. Many developed a greater compassion for refugees, but more is required.
With Budget 2017, Finance Minister Bill Morneau has made tentative financial commitments to key priorities identified in their consultations on housing and climate change, though not on international development.
However, the government’s spending priorities fail to understand the depth of the problems of poverty in […]
[…] bill that will ensure the laws of Canada are in harmony with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP). By supporting the adoption of Bill C-262 – and subsequently following up with implementation – the Government of Canada can fulfill its commitment to realize the calls to action of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and “renew […]
