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In May, when CPJ was in Edmonton for our Envisioning Canada Without Poverty workshops, an interesting discussion arose. As we encouraged the group to contact their elected representatives to request a poverty reduction strategy, someone protested strong ...

Story - Chandra - 10/03/2008 - 15:07 - 0 comments

Election campaigns bring out the best in citizen engagement. I’ve got friends, family and colleagues who are working hard to organize debates, talk to their candidates, share information and highlight issues they feel are important. Some of them a ...

Blog entry - Chandra - 01/02/2013 - 09:48 - 2 comments

Monday night was the debate on poverty and inequality in Ottawa. Karri and I have been working on it almost since the election began, so it was satisfying to see a successful event. There will be a full update later this month in Ola!, but I thought I&r ...

Blog entry - Chandra - 01/02/2013 - 10:05 - 0 comments

On Monday night, before the debate, there was a gathering at Ottawa’s anti-poverty monument to share inspiration for the fight against poverty. Marie White, chair of the Council of Canadians with Disabilities, Alex Neve, Secretary General of Amnes ...

Blog entry - Chandra - 01/02/2013 - 09:53 - 0 comments

Sometimes when reading really disparate books at the same time, I nonetheless find a common theme in what I’m reading. I had this experience recently reading A Persistent Peace by Father John Dear and Economics for Everyone by Jim Stanford. ...

Blog entry - Chandra - 06/22/2009 - 15:46 - 0 comments

CPJ will be across the country this weekend. I’m heading down to Southern Ontario tomorrow for two days in the Hamilton and Ancaster area. Friday, I’ll be participating in a Stand Up event on poverty at Redeemer University College at ...

Blog entry - Chandra - 10/16/2008 - 09:10 - 0 comments

Last Friday and Saturday I was in Ancaster and Oakville for a couple of events. On Friday morning, I attended a Stand Up event on poverty organized by Redeemer University College students. In speeches, prayer and song, the Redeemer students shared i ...

Blog entry - Chandra - 10/21/2008 - 16:07 - 0 comments

Because so few seats changed hands last week Tuesday, it is tempting to believe that this past election didn’t mean anything: that we are exactly where we were before the election took place. However, I think there were two big issues that sug ...

Blog entry - Chandra - 01/02/2013 - 10:08 - 1 comment

Yesterday I wrote of how the environment and poverty did not seem to be “ballot questions” in last week’s election and the risk that political parties will view that as evidence Canadians are not concerned about these big issues and wi ...

Blog entry - Chandra - 01/02/2013 - 10:08 - 1 comment

CPJ supporter Harold Jansen has a post on his blog about the recent election results and why they mean Canada's electoral system should be replaced.  Harold also offers a simulation of what the seat totals would be if Canada had a mixe ...

Blog entry - Chandra - 01/02/2013 - 10:07 - 0 comments