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Calling a country a world leader evokes strong images. It conjures up ideas of military might, of technological advances, or perhaps of economic strength. Yet the title of world leader does not have to be contained to these descriptors. It can al ...

Story - Karen - 10/17/2008 - 14:13 - 0 comments

A recent report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change warned that a rise in temperatures of two to three degrees Celsius by the year 2050 could spell global disaster, with hundreds of millions of people forced to leave uninhabitable homes. ...

Story - CPJ - 10/17/2008 - 14:28 - 1 comment

Canadians generally and Christians specifically have been ill-served by debate over the Kyoto Protocol. The problem is deeper than the biased propaganda and lobbying of various levels of government, the energy industry and their coalitions, and others ...

Story - CPJ - 10/17/2008 - 17:16 - 0 comments

Canwest has a story today reporting comments by Preston Manning that climate change is too important to be politicized by partisan debate. Manning was at a conference organized by the National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy, Securing ...

Blog entry - Chandra - 10/31/2008 - 16:00 - 0 comments

The election of Barack Obama as President of the United States last Tuesday was a historical event, and has in many ways ushered in a new era in American politics. Tuesday also marked the beginning of a new political relationship between Canada and our ...

Blog entry - Mariel - 12/17/2008 - 16:46 - 0 comments

To open the new session of Parliament, the Conservative government offered a Speech from the Throne entitled “Protecting Canada’s Future.” Protecting the country and its citizens was clearly very important to the government, as the ...

Page - Chandra - 11/21/2008 - 16:04 - 2 comments

The following piece is an excerpt from “Towards a New Vision of Common Security,” an address given by Bob Goudzwaard at the Institute for Christian Studies’ Worldview Conference in October 2007. It builds on themes found in the recen ...

Story - Guest - 11/21/2008 - 18:38 - 0 comments

Last Thursday, December 4th, Chandra and I went to Southminster United Church in Ottawa to see Senator Douglas Roche (Retired), who is a CPJ member, speak on “The Human Right to Peace.” Doug is a journalist, politician and diplomat. He is al ...

Blog entry - Mariel - 12/09/2008 - 16:57 - 1 comment

The federal government recently launched a National Consultation on Budget Actions to Protect Canada’s Economy . In the coming weeks, Canadians are invited to share their views and priorities on an economic stimulus plan for the 2009 Federal Bu ...

Page - CPJ - 12/12/2008 - 17:04 - 0 comments

In a letter to Federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty, CPJ calls on the government to present a "visionary stimulus package" as part of the Federal Budget anticipated for January 27, 2009. The stimulus package should include a fed ...

Page - Karri - 12/18/2008 - 12:05 - 0 comments