The recent federal election results suggest that Canada needs a renewed sense of community. Political leaders will need to focus on building a shared, positive sense of nationhood.
We must pull people together around common causes rather than be fragmented by regional interests.
Individuals, communities, and organizations of faith can help.
The Winter 2019 edition of the Catalyst includes a series of articles from CPJ with a more in-depth look at the results of the 2019 federal election and where we go from here.
And as Canada's new federal government begins to take shape, CPJ is excited to get to work, alongside our members and partners, in calling for a more just Canada.
The election results suggest a divided country. But people of faith are called to be a positive influence in encouraging a society that strengthens community.
Canada is at a crossroads. The climate crisis is one among many significant issues that need to be addressed. Our governments, at all levels, clearly have important roles to play. So too do we, as citizens and as people of faith.
Poverty in Canada is a crisis that needs to be prioritized. The fact that we do not see it this way betrays some of our deeply held beliefs about who is poor, why people are poor, and what are the responsibilities of governments and citizens to do something about it.
During the 2019 federal election campaign, CPJ hosted events to discuss key issues in this facing Canada including domestic poverty, climate change, and refugee rights.
I spent the fall of 2017 in Barbados. I was there as an urban planning intern with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). It was there that I first began to understand the magnitude of climate change impacts.
