CUSJ Calls For Changes to Omnibus Crime Bill CUSJ joined with Elizabeth Fry Society and John Howard Society to ask Harper and the Minister of Justice to make changes to the Omnibus Crime Bill. We would like to emphasize a harm-reduction approach to drug crimes, and to ensure measures are included that support crime prevention [...]
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CUSJ joins Sept 26 Action on Tar Sands e-mail To the Ottawa Action Network Organizing the September 26th Rally against the Tar Sands September 21, 2011 Dear organizers of the Ottawa Action on the Tar Sands. At its September 16th board meeting, Canadian Unitarians For Social Justice voted to support this action against the tar [...]
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How To Boil A Frog North Shore Unitarian member, Jon Cooksey, a writer and show runner for television, has recently been nominated for a Best Documentary Gemini award for his one hour film, How to Boil a Frog. A number of other NSUC members/friends worked on it, and part of it was shot in our sanctuary. The film is still being [...]
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CUSJ Calls for a Complete Environmental Review from both the Provincial and Federal Governments on the Highland Quarry Project in Dufferin County. See Our Issues Page on the Mega Quarry
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CUSJ Opposes C-4 Refugee Bill July 31, 2011 CUSJ signed on, today, to the Canadian Council of Refugees campaign against Bill C-4. (Formerly Bill C-49 and re-introduced into the house as Bill C-4 this spring.) This Bill would exempt the Canadian Government from honouring the UN Declaration of Human Rights and the Canadian Constitution. It [...]
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CUSJ signs on to Darlington Declaration July 31st, 2011 After an extensive discussion on the board and the publication of a special discussion paper on Nuclear Power, CUSJ has decided to support the Greenpeace Darlington Declaration calling for renewable energy, not nuclear, to be the centre of Ontario’s future energy policy. CUSJ Nuclear Page
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Margaret Rao and Rev. Frances Deverell presented the CUSJ Brief on Nuclear Power to the Darlington Review Panel on March 31st, 2011. We asked the Panel to say NO to new nuclear reactors and to tell the province to put their money and effort into renewable energy. The Nuclear Home Page contains references to all [...]
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CUSJ calls on all its members to bombard the Senate with requests to expedite the passage of Bill C-393 before any election may be called. Let democracy be respected. Let Senators rise above party politics and do the right thing. We have the opportunity to remove the roadblocks and have inexpensive generic drugs sent to [...]
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The CUSJ Annual General Meeting (AGM) is in Toronto May 20, 2011, 8:30 am to 4:00 pm Church of the Holy Trinity - 10 Trinity Square, Toronto, ON Across Bay St. from Nathan Phillips Square We have a dynamic program planned with great speakers. Mike Nickerson, Mairy Beam and Judy Velland will help us explore what [...]
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Protect the Integrity of Parliament: Fire Bev Oda CUSJ is concerned about the loss of integrity in parliament as ministers feel free to mislead parliament with false information and change documents after senior civil servants have signed them without acknowledging where the changes are coming from. For the full letter calling Harper to accountability see: [...]
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