In Universal: Renewing Human Rights in a Fractured World, Alex Neve looks into why we should be fighting to preserve our universal human rights. ‘In a world permeated with crises many of which come right to our front door, that surely must mean going further, even when it takes us beyond our comfort zone.’
American mainstream politics may be offering little hope, but prayers and non-violence in the streets in great numbers offer signs of promise. I do think that’s what I witnessed at Central Park and in Times Square.
The rule of international law in Palestine today—or on the 49th parallel tomorrow.
Some 24 parliamentarians, including federal Housing Minister Nathaniel Erskine-Smith, sent a letter to Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly on Feb. 25 urging Joly to participate in nuclear disarmament discussions at the UN this week.
For the peacemakers’ work to bear fruit, Canada’s political leadership will have to find the courage necessary to sign the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.
Peter Showler, who died on Oct. 30 at the age of 79, was the real deal. A former Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada chair, the many people whose lives he touched will miss him dearly.
Hope is rooted in our spirit. It is not a tangible thing we can put on the table to bargain over. Hope is a vision of the future, former senator Doug Roche writes in his latest book.
Canada had much to learn from the tragedy that took place in Chile on Sept. 11, 1973. Entire government policies and wide public acceptance have been built on some of those lessons, while others may not have been learned at all.
While the film Oppenheimer might remind us we are courting global suicide, the National Film Board’s The Strangest Dream is a profound warning.
