Many leaders of faith communities see climate change as a moral issue. Global warming affects major questions such as humanity’s relationship with nature and each other, solidarity with the poor, and the possibilities for future generations. So when media outlets suggest that faith leaders who challenge certain policies should “shut their trap,” rather than debating the content of the moral message, the public discourse is diminished. Read more »
This web feature is the last in a series exploring CPJ’s policy recommendations for the 2012 federal budget. Part I demonstrated the need for a sustainable economic recovery that is inclusive of all Canadians. Part II discussed the value of affordable housing on human dignity and quality of life. Part III supported a shift from investment in prisons to increased funding for social programs.Read more »
Every year, the Finance Committee of the House of Commons receives submissions from Canadians on the federal budget, conducts hearings across the country, and submits a report outlining recommendations for the next federal budget. CPJ submitted a brief with our recommendations on Building a Sustainable Recovery for All Canadians. Our recommendations were carefully selected to emphasize job creation and sustainable recovery while not significantly increasing the federal deficit through a reallocation of existing priorities. Read more »
By Chandra Pasma | Wednesday, December 10th, 2008 - 5:00PM
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There’s nothing certain about our ability to shape the future, as much as we’d like to believe that we alone control our destinies. And yet, there are moments where we have the opportunity to create history – if not with certainty, at least with confidence that we will make a difference.
We seem to be in one of those moments when it comes to climate change. There is an opportunity now in Poland, and over the next year leading up to Copenhagen, to reverse the course of our destructive behaviours and stop the trends of increasing global warming. Read more »
By Mariel Angus | Tuesday, November 11th, 2008 - 10:27AM
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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 of relations between Canada and the U.S. This was evident only the day after the election, when Ottawa announced its intention to seek a climate-change pact with our American neighbours. Read more »
Cheryl Mahaffy goes in-depth into how oil upgrader plants are threatening the existence of farms around Edmonton. Talking to farmers in the area, she reveals how this unique farmland could be steamrolled by these expansive developments. Read more »
The massive oil sands developments currently unfolding in northeast Alberta are yielding complicated energy and economic paybacks as well as presenting many social, economic, political and environmental risks and costs. How should society analyze, interact and respond to these enormous developments? How can we discern whether the implicated actors are being responsible, or determine whether governments have historically, and are currently, playing appropriate public justice roles? In other words, how can we develop stewardly, equitable, and just policy responses and action-plans in response to the oil sands boom? Read more »
CPJ has long used public justice to analyze critical policy questions. How can this approach help us make sense of the explosive, global issues growing out of the oil sands? Dr. John Hiemstra examines if it is time to explore new approaches, and begins to develop what the public justice approach can do to help us figure out what we and our governments ought to do about this expanding issue. Read more »
Many leaders of faith communities see climate change as a moral issue. Global warming affects major questions such as humanity’s relationship with nature and each other, solidarity with the poor, and the possibilities for future generations. So when media outlets suggest that faith leaders who challenge certain policies should “shut their trap,” rather than debating the content of the moral message, the public discourse is diminished. 
This web feature is the last in a series exploring CPJ’s 
CPJ has long used public justice to analyze critical policy questions. How can this approach help us make sense of the explosive, global issues growing out of the oil sands? Dr. John Hiemstra examines if it is time to explore new approaches, and begins to develop what the public justice approach can do to help us figure out what we and our governments ought to do about this expanding issue. 
