MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - June 15, 2025

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MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - June 15, 2025


2 SPECIAL PETITIONS

REGINA PUBLIC SCHOOL BOARD: REMOVE ALL ANTI-TRANS POLICIES FROM REGINA PUBLIC SCHOOLS’ ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES
[ https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIp ... Q/viewform ]


CARNEY MUST CONDEMN ISRAEL’S ATTACK ON IRAN
[ https://actionnetwork.org/letters/carne ... ck-on-iran ]


SPECIAL READING

CARNEY’S BORDER BILL IS A GIFT TO TRUMP—AND A ROADMAP TO ‘MASS DEPORATION’
[ https://breachmedia.ca/carneys-border-b ... portation/ ]


GOOD READING & VIEWING & LISTENING

COUNCIL APPROVES FINANCIAL COMPENSATION FOR REGINA BUSINESSES NEAR NEW HOMELESS SHELTER—Boo! NIMBYs win again!!
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/local-news/ ... ss-shelter ]


LOSING THEIR LIVES: TRANSGENDER YOUTH STILL STRUGGLING WITH SASKATCHEWAN PRONOUN CONSENT LAW TWO YEARS LATER
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/local-news/ ... onsent-law ]


SASK. PRIDE GROUP SAYS SWASTIKA ON TISDALE RAINBOW CROSSWALK 'MORE THAN JUST VANDALISM'
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/sask-pride- ... -vandalism ]


FEDERAL HOUSING ADVOCATE CALLS FOR HEARING INTO LACK OF ACCESSIBLE HOUSING IN CANADA
[ https://www.chrc-ccdp.gc.ca/resources/n ... ing-canada ]


HOW TO PAY FOR BASIC INCOME IN CANADA
[ https://www.ubiworks.ca/howtopay ]


INDIGENOUS CLIMATE ACTION—DECOLONIZING CLIMATE POLICY
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQCqnxeRyQs ]


ECONOMIC DENIAL SLOWS CRUCIAL CLIMATE PROGRESS
[ https://davidsuzuki.org/story/economic- ... -progress/ ]


WHAT'S AT THE HEART OF SASK.'S EARLY WILDFIRE SEASON? HUMANS, IN MORE WAYS THAN ONE
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoo ... -1.7560852 ]


OTTAWA SHOULD CONFRONT THE FAILURE OF CORPORATE TAX POLICY
[ https://perspectivesjournal.ca/corporat ... y-failure/ ]


CLOSING THE GAP: GRASSROOTS ORGANIZING AND POLICY MAKING FOR HOUSING IN CANADA
[ https://perspectivesjournal.ca/closing-the-housing-gap/ ]


WORKERS’ RIGHTS ARE COLLAPSING GLOBALLY. CANADA IS NO EXCEPTION
[ https://www.readthemaple.com/workers-ri ... newsletter ]


CANADA SOLD $18.9 MILLION OF MILITARY GOODS TO ISRAEL, DEPSITE PAUSE, IN 2024
[ https://www.readthemaple.com/canada-sol ... ite-pause/ ]


CANADA CLOSER TO JOINING GOLDEN DOME IN SECRET TALKS, by Steve Staples
[ https://www.peacequest.ca/p/canada-clos ... oll-331620 ]


CANADA’S RESPONSE TO THE GAZA CRISIS, THE GOLDEN DOME DELUSION AND ISRAEL’S ATTACK ON IRAN
[ https://www.ceasefire.ca/canadas-respon ... k-on-iran/ ]


WHY BACK ISRAEL’S ENDLESS WARS? LET’S MAKE PEACE WITH IRAN
[ https://yvesengler.com/2025/06/14/why-b ... with-iran/ ]


THE U.S. ACCEPTS “FRUITS OF MIGRANT LABOR” BUT NOT IMMIGRANTS’ HUMANITY
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2025/6/12/ ... immigrants ]


RAIDS, RESISTANCE AND THE ROLE OF FAITH COMMUNITIES
[ https://broadview.org/ice-raids-churches/ ]


MILITARIZED WORKPLACE IMMIGRATION RAIDS BATTER THE ECONOMY, by Ruth Silver Taube
[ https://sanjosespotlight.com/silver-tau ... e-economy/ ]


IN L.A., SOME OF THOSE MOST CONNECTED TO ANTI-IMMIGRATION RAIDS ARE ON THE PROTEST SIDELINES
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/los-angel ... -1.7561652 ]


UN ADDRESS FROM A PALESTINIAN
[ https://x.com/ousmannoor/status/1725851 ... 42611?s=58 ]


LIBERATION IS GOOD MEDICINE – A FAMILY DOCTOR’S DECISION TO JOIN THE GLOBAL MARCH TO GAZA
[ https://rabble.ca/human-rights/liberati ... Newsletter ]


‘TO THE POINT OF UNINHABITABILITY’: ISRAEL’S WAR TO DESTROY HAMAS HAS DESTROYED GAZA ITSELF, with Seymour Hersh
[ https://seymourhersh.substack.com/p/to- ... bitability ]


ISRAEL ATTACKS IRAN, KILLING TOP MILITARY LEADERS, SCIENTISTS; HITS NUKE SITES IN EXPANDING CONFLICT—Why does the mainstream media not mention that Israel has nuclear weapons, not to mention that the US not only has them but is the only country to have used them?
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2025/6/13/ ... yahu_trump ]


THE FOLLY OF WAR WITH IRAN, by Chris Hedges
[ https://chrishedges.substack.com/p/the- ... -with-iran ]


HIDDEN COSTS: NUCLEAR WEAPONS SPENDING 2024
[ https://www.icanw.org/hidden_costs_2024 ... s_spending ]


'NETANYAHU IS SABOTAGING DIPLOMACY': ISRAELI ATTACK KILLS TOP IRANIAN NUCLEAR NEGOTIATOR
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/israe ... -shamkhani ]


ISRAEL’S UNPROVOKED BOMBING OF IRAN VIOLATES INTERNATIONAL LAW
[ https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/is ... tional-law ]


NUCLEAR WAR—A SCENARIO, with Annie Jacobson
[ https://video.search.yahoo.com/search/v ... tion=click ]


DON’T SWAT THAT FLY
[ https://www.pressenza.com/2025/06/plummeting-insects/ ]


EVENTS, WEBINARS, TV PROGRAMS, & FILMS

SUNDAY JUNE 15, 10 am: ABOLISH NATO NOW!
[ https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... gistration ]


JUNE 15, 19 am: DOCTORS AGAINST BORDERS WEBINAR
[ https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... m750Nc6iFg ]


WEDNESDAY JUNE 18, 5:30 pm: OFF THE HILL: CLIMATE POLICY, PIPELINES, AND THE PUSH FOR LAND BACK
[ https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... gistration ]


FRIDAY JUNE 20, 5 pm: AMNESTY BOOK CLUB, WITH VINH NGUYEN
Join us for a live online event for World Refugee Day with Vinh Nguyen, the Canadian author of the memoir "The Migrant Rain Falls in Reverse."
[ https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... gistration ]


SATURDAY JUNE 21, 4-8 pm: GRILLING FOR A GRIDDLE FUNDRAISER, 3408 MACLACHLAN CRESC
Darin and Christian Milo are hosting a fundraiser for Good Trouble Network YQR so they can purchase a commercial griddle for food prep. They have been working with Heritage Homies and The Hawk Principle preparing breakfast for the children at Thompson School, and also hosting the Sunday Fun Day, providing free meals every Sunday at Pepsi Park. Good Trouble YQR recently got approved to utilize the space at the old fire hall on 11th Avenue to help with these initiatives, but all that food prep is difficult without the proper equipment. This fundraiser will help them immensely for the food security initiatives that they are undertaking in this city.
The event itself is a backyard BBQ with all the food and beverages supplied, and there will also be an acoustic band playing.
The food will be appetizers, smash burger sliders made with local sourced beef, hot dogs, and vegan options. Beverages will be pop & juice, and I will be providing my homemade beer and cider.
There is no cost, but we encourage people to give a donation to the griddle fund. We are also requesting people to drop off sanitary products that can be handed out underprivileged people by these community organizations.
This fundraiser is family friendly and inclusive.
[ https://www.facebook.com/events/2153444581825962/ ]


SATURDAY JULY 19, 11 am: STEEPED IN PEACE: A FEMINIST GATHERING FOR DISARMAMENT & CONNECTION
[ https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/registe ... gistration ]


NEW PETITIONS & OTHER ACTIONS

THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT MUST PROTECT WORKERS’ RIGHT TO FREE AND FAIR BARGAINING WITH EMPLOYERS
[ https://www.cupw.ca/en/collective-agree ... s%E2%80%99 ]


STOP BILL C-2 & PROTECT OUR RIGHTS
[ https://iclmg.ca/stop-bill-c-2/ ]


CLIMATE CRISIS: CANADA MUST DO ITS FAIR SHARE
[ https://350.org/canada/fairshare#action ]


HOLD WAWANESA ACCOUNTABLE FOR BAD FAITH
[ https://www.change.org/p/hold-wawanesa- ... -bad-faith ]


TELL YOUR MP: OPPOSE THE BUILDING CANADA ACT
[ https://ecojustice.ca/take-action/tell- ... anada-act/ ]


ALL EYES ON DECK: DEMAND AN INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION INTO THE ATTACKS ON THE ‘CONSCIENCE’ AND AN END TO ISRAEL’S BLOCKADE OF GAZA
[ https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/all ... de-of-gaza ]


THIS CAPITAL CITY OF 7 MILLION PEOPLE COULD SOON RUN OUT OF WATER. THE WORLD MUST TURN ITS ATTENTION TO KABUL.
[ https://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeact ... 3489989022 ]


- Making Peace Vigil