Canadian Unitarians for Social Justice
A national faith-based organization that supports Unitarian values through action
The CUSJ is proud to participate in the government’s consultative process to determine if Canadians want a new electoral system and what kind of a system we want. They also want to know if we would support electronic voting. CUSJ came down firmly on the side of Electoral Reform to achieve Proportional Representation. We hope … Read more
Update: Our efforts bore fruit! In September 2016, Canada’s federal government initiated national consultations on the development of a “national housing strategy.” The government released a report on November 22 2016, and has promised to come up with a housing strategy in 2017. The Bill C-400 campaign saw CUSJ partnering with Dignity for All, Citizens For Public Justice, The Wellesley Institute, Canada Without Poverty, and the Canadian Unitarian Council to … Read more
2016 09 07 CUSJ joins with over 50 Environmental Organizations to call on the Federal Government to fix the National Energy Board (NEB) before continuing the review process for the Kinder Morgan and Energy East pipelines. The letter states, ‘The Board has been widely criticized for its political appointees, conflict of interest allegations, shutting out … Read more