CFSC Welcomes Churches’ Support for Conscientious Objectors
On this, International Conscientious Objectors Day (May 15th), The Canadian Council of Churches’ Commission on Justice and Peace has released a letter that it wrote to the Jason Kenney, the Minister of Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism asking “the Government of Canada to either allow the US war resisters ...
CFSC at the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
CFSC staff and volunteers are at the UN Headquarters in Manhattan area of New York City for two weeks in May 2012, along with about 1500 other people from around the world, mostly Indigenous Peoples, to explore common concerns. This year's Forum is focused on the Doctrine of Discovery. (Pictured: ...
Crime bill’s approach punitive, will not build society’s potential
CFSC submission on the omnibus crime bill (C-10) calls on the Government of Canada to “put resources into building a society that supports people to fulfill their greatest potential rather than into reactive punitive measures.” Immediately following CFSC’s board meeting, a submission was made to the House of Commons’ Standing Committee ...
Children’s rights denied by indifference and legal technicalities
Indigenous peoples and human rights organizations call for an immediate end to discrimination against First Nations families Indigenous peoples and human rights organizations urge all political leaders in Canada to make a clear public commitment to ending the discriminatory underfunding that is tearing apart First Nations families. For the last decade, ...
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