Social policy data in Canada is so lacking that non-profits have had to resort to #crowdfunding in order to collect critical information. https://t.co/cPuvPlsyQ4 #cdnecon @Rampagehall @RonKneebone@MA_Gagnon
RT @TorontoStar: The minimum wage in Alberta has steadily risen for two and half years. There were dire predictions just like with Ontario's hike, writes Gillian Steward. They haven't materialized. https://t.co/7PXg8MlSr3
The Canada-US Safe Third Country Agreement means that Salvadorans from the US will be denied a chance to make a refugee claim at the border. Instead, refugee claimants will be forced to brave dangerous journeys in an attempt to gain protection. #TPS https://t.co/uod9BKyJhp
When you plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don’t blame the lettuce. You look for reasons it is not doing well......you never blame the lettuce. @thichnhathanh#rootcause#restorativepractices
UNDERSTANDING OUR ABRAHAMIC ROOTS
Join us at this lecture series
to learn more about each
other, and our common roots,
to seek peace and justice.
AN INTERFAITH LECTURE SERIES
Foreign #caregivers have been separated from their families for far too long. Please urge Canada to end the delays in processing their permanent residency applications. https://t.co/XtcQffpEM1
This week in the Ecumenical Prayer Cycle, we pray with and for people and churches in #Iran, #Iraq and #Syria: Lord, have mercy on us!
https://t.co/ZHSroEilIh #WCC
“We needed to get away from the circus of each individual church or organization coming in and doing their own thing” in humanitarian work: @KristineGreenaw on why #WCC@Oikoumene & @lutheranworld pushed for the creation of @ACTAlliance in 2010 https://t.co/MkVSGUARNP
Churches needed to join in campaign for #UNDRIP. Resources here https://t.co/PYj3AaJxsT. Update: https://t.co/ENTQ5GvjeB Let Justice Roll! #adoptandimplement
Whether science or religion is constructive or destructive depends on our motivation and whether we are guided by a real concern for the well-being of others and an appreciation of the oneness of humanity.
With the input of people living in poverty, faith groups, community organizations, and academics, Dignity for All developed a model national-anti poverty plan for Canada. #poverty#cdnpoli https://t.co/yU7NLuokvc