MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - April 10, 2025

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MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - April 10, 2025


SPECIAL EVENT: TODAY, THURSDAY APRIL 10, NOON: RALLY TO END HOUSELESSNESS IN REGINA--& ACROSS CANADA, CITY HALL, 2476 VICTORIA AVE
Hope to see you there!


SPECIAL CAMPAIGN—UNTIL THE ELECTION: LET’S MAKE ENDING HOUSELESSNESS A MAJOR ISSUE IN THE FEDERAL ELECTION

SOME FACTS
Every city in Canada is experiencing a houselessness crisis. On any given night, over 30,000 people are unhoused in Canada—824 of them in Regina.
Houselessness costs peoples’ lives. In 2024, 118 people died in Regina because they were unhoused.
The main cause of houselessness in Canada is the lack of affordable rental housing, sometimes called ‘social housing’—that is housing with rent that costs less than 30% of a household’s before-tax income.

For a period, starting in the 1960s, Canada had a successful national housing program that, on average, built 20,000 new social housing units per year. But then cuts began to be made to the funding, first in the 1980s by the Conservative government of Brian Mulroney and then in the 1990s by the Liberal government of Jean Chrétien. By 1994, the funding had been cut altogether.

ACTION
When a candidate, no matter what party, comes to your door or calls on the phone, tell them the following:

That ending houselessness is your main issue in the election;

That you will only vote for their party if the party makes a commitment to restart the national social housing program, cancelled in 1994, which for a period created about 20,000 new social units per year.
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GOOD READING & VIEWING & LISTENING

NAMERIND HOUSING SAYS PLAN TO END HOMELESSNESS IN REGINA WILL COST $111 MILLION
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/local-news/ ... -cost-111m ]


RENT CONTROL GOES A LONG WAY TO SOLVING THE HOUSING CRISIS
[ https://canadiandimension.com/articles/ ... ing-crisis ]


WE’RE ENDING THE HOUSING GAME. ARE YOU?
[ https://www.endthehousinggame.ca/watch_dn ]


HAVE RENTERS BEEN FORGOTTEN THIS ELECTION CAMPAIGN?
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/renter ... -1.7505452 ]


REGINA CITY COUNCIL SAYS ‘NO’ TO CARS AT SCARTH STREET MALL
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/local-news/ ... treet-mall ]


REAL'S NEW INTERIM CEO PULLS 'INAPPROPRIATE' COMMENT FROM CONSULTING WEBSITE
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/local-news/ ... ng-website ]


CMHA NEWSLETTER: FAREWELLS FIRST AND LAUGHTER
[ https://mailchi.mp/cmhask.com/neweditor ... 4e24d93993 ]


SASKATOON WELLNESS BUS READY TO ROLL THIS WEEK
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoo ... -1.7503828 ]


SASKATCHEWAN PARTY MLA APOLOGIZES FOR CALLING FEDERAL NDP LEADER JAGMEET SINGH 'A TERRORIST'
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/politics/sa ... -terrorist ]


AS SASKATCHEWAN HEALTH CARE STRUGGLES, BIKE LANES CAN HELP
[ https://thestarphoenix.com/opinion/colu ... s-can-help ]


ARTIST QUITS POST AFTER P.E.I. VET COLLEGE TELLS HIM TO REMOVE PAINTING BASED ON U.S. POLITICS
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-e ... -1.7506019 ]


CANADIAN LEGAL GROUP ROCKED BY 2ND HIGH-PROFILE RESIGNATION, AS TREASURER STEPS DOWN OVER 'CHILLING EFFECT'
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ ... -1.7506254 ]


THE 10 MOST-CHALLENGED BOOKS IN U.S. LIBRARIES HAVE FACED COMPLAINTS IN CANADA, TOO
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/b ... -1.7504578 ]


CANADA’S SUPPORT FOR LNG IS SUPPORT FOR TRUMP’S NEW FORM OF FOSSIL-FUELLED FASCISM
[ https://canadiandimension.com/articles/ ... ed-fascism ]


DOES IT MATTER WHO LOGS CANADIAN FORESTS?
[ https://davidsuzuki.org/expert-article/ ... s-forests/ ]


CANADIAN POPULAR HISTORY SUPPRESSES MEMORY OF ACTIVISM
[ https://canadiandimension.com/articles/ ... f-activism ]


CJPME 2025 FEDERAL ELECTION TOOLKIT
[ https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2P ... 6rGkYr/pub ]


THESE UGLY BIG BOX STORES ARE LITERALLY BANKRUPTING OUR CITIES
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7-e_yhEzIw ]


THERE WAS A RECORD 5 TO 6 MILLION PEOPLE WHO TOOK TO THE STREETS TO STOP TRUMP ON SATURDAY! — AND THE ONLY SOUND OF SILENCE YOU HEAR IS FROM THE MEDIA AND THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY
[ https://www.michaelmoore.com/p/there-wa ... -6-million ]


“BLACK AMERICANS ARE NOT SURPRISED”: CHRISTINA GREER ON TRUMP’S ATTACKS ON STUDENTS, DEI & HISTORY
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2025/4/8/t ... _americans ]


“TERRIFYING”: POOREST COUNTRIES & GLOBAL WORKING CLASS FACE WORST IMPACTS OF TRUMP’S TARIFFS
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2025/4/7/j ... sh_tariffs ]


“WHAT ABOUT THE CAPITALISTS?”: AUTOWORKERS IN U.S., MEXICO CALL FOR SOLIDARITY, NOT DIVISIVE TARIFFS
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2025/4/8/u ... kers_union ]


THE TRUMP SHOCK
[ https://annpettifor.substack.com/p/the- ... ans-moment ]


THE LIBERALS ARE DODGING QUESTIONS ABOUT A NEW ISRAELI ARMS CONTRACT
[ https://www.readthemaple.com/email/2dd5 ... newsletter ]


MORE MILITARISM IS NOT THE ANSWER.
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Xs6c8uYFDY&t=5s ]


ALL ISRAEL-PROMOTING INSTITUTIONS ARE FAIR TARGETS FOR PROTEST, with Yves Enger
[ https://yvesengler.com/2025/04/07/all-i ... r-protest/ ]


BANNING PROTESTS AGAINST ISRAEL
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=M3RxWoOV82o ]


A WAR ON THE FIRST AMENDMENT: DAVID COLE ON TRUMP TARGETING STUDENTS, LAW FIRMS, SCHOOLS & JOURNALISTS
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2025/4/9/david_cole ]


FROM RAZING RUBBLE TO BLOWING UP HOMES: IDF SOLDIERS SHARE HOW THEY EXPANDED GAZA BUFFER ZONE IN NEW REPORT
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/gaza-idf- ... -1.7501560 ]


JOURNALIST BURNED ALIVE IN TENT STRIKE AMONG SCORES OF GAZANS KILLED BY ISRAELI FORCES
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/journ ... alive-gaza ]


“POINT-BLANK”: ISRAELI SOLDIERS EXECUTE 15 GAZA MEDICS & RESCUE WORKERS, BURY IN UNMARKED MASS GRAVE
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2025/4/7/gaza_massacre ]


HAMAS LAUNCHES UNPRECEDENTED LEGAL CASE IN BRITAIN, DEMANDING THE GOVERNMENT REMOVE ITS TERROR DESIGNATION, by Jeremy Scahill
[ https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/hamas-te ... uk-marzouk ]


PALESTINE LAND DAY WEBINAR: 77 YEARS OF LAND THEFT AND RESISTANCE
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnTVffUUhcY ]


TOWARDS THE PEOPLE’S PEACE SUMMIT IN JERUSALEM, 8TH AND 9TH MAY. INTERVIEW WITH ONE OF THE ORGANISERS, MAOZ INON
[ https://www.pressenza.com/2025/04/towar ... maoz-inon/ ]


CHILE’S ROMA COMMUNITY MAINTAINING AN IDENTITY THROUGH RESISTANCE
[ https://therealnews.com/chiles-roma-com ... resistance ]


CANADA SUPPLIED URANIUM FOR ATOMIC BOMBS IN WWII — 80 YEARS LATER, THE CLEANUP CONTINUES
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jC1DPOYoQ0 ]


LATE MODERN WAR AND THE GEOS: THE ECOLOGICAL ‘BEFOREMATHS’ OF ADVANCED MILITARY TECHNOLOGIES
[ https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.117 ... 6241265636 ]


CANADIAN FRIENDS SERVICE COMMITTEE (QUAKERS’) STATEMENT ON US-CANADA TRADE WAR
[ https://quakerservice.ca/news/canadian- ... trade-war/ ]


ANTI-WAR ISSUES ARE ELECTION ISSUES
[ https://peaceandjusticenetwork.ca/resou ... -election/ ]


THE ROLE OF MONEY & ITS EFFECT ON THE CLIMATE CRISIS
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6Iva_qv3Z4 ]


EVENTS, WEBINARS, TV PROGRAMS, & FILMS:

TODAY, THURSDAY APRIL 10, NOON: RALLY TO END HOUSELESSNESS IN REGINA--& ACROSS CANADA, CITY HALL, 2476 VICTORIA AVE


SATURDAY APRIL 12, 10:30 am: INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS & THE ABOLITION OF THE DEATH PENALTY, with Amnesty International
[ https://amnestysaskatchewan.ca/april-12 ... h-penalty/ ]


SATURDAY APRIL 12, 2 – 3 pm: RAISE THE BAR POSTERING EVENT, MEET AT 2 IN FRONT OF PRINCE OF WHALES CORA’S RESTAURANT, 2075 PRINCE OF WHALES DRIVE
We will be at the Prince of Wales Drive Real Canadian Superstore and Wal-Mart to distribute flyers to bring attention to Pierre Poilievre's selling out of Canada to the rich while leaving everyone else to pay the price for this.
[ https://you.leadnow.ca/events/raise-the ... nched=true ]


SUNDAY APRIL 13, 7 pm: REGINA LEWVAN CANDIDATES FORUM, CATHEDRAL COMMUNITY CENTRE, 2900 13TH AVE
All the candidates running in Regina Lewvan will be present


MONDAY APRIL 14, 5 pm: VOTING FOR THE CANADA WE WANT—A VIRTUAL TOWN HALL, Presented by the Council of Canadians
[ https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/registe ... ZP7QQHWcpg ]


TUESDAY APRIL 15, 10 am: WEBINAR ON URBAN NATURAL INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGEMENT, by David Suzuki Foundation
[ https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... vgAC0XxpLA ]


TUESDAY, APRIL 15: 11 AM TO 3 PM
THURSDAY, APRIL 17, 3 PM TO 8 PM
TUESDAY, APRIL 22, 11 AM TO 3 PM
THURSDAY, APRIL 24, 3 PM TO 8 PM
EXHIBIT OF PAINTED SNOWBOARDS, CREATIVE CITY CENTRE. 1843 HAMILTON ST


WEDNESDAY APRIL 16, 6 PM: REPORT BACK FROM THE UNITED NATIONS COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN, VOICE OF CANADIAN WOMEN FOR PEACE
Join us for an engaging and insightful evening as the Canadian Voice of Women for Peace and International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War Canada's joint delegation shares their experiences from the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) held in New York this past March!
[ https://zoom.us/meeting/register/zLNPBd ... gistration ]


MONDAY APRIL 21, 5 pm: LAND BACK—INDIGENOUS RESISTANCE FROM COAST TO COAST
[ https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... gistration ]


THURSDAY APRIL 17, 3 pm: AS JOURNALISM GOES, SO GOES DEMOCRACY
[ https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/as-journali ... abf9c4fb82 ]


THURSDAY APRIL 24, 6 pm: THE MISSING PEACE—EARTH DAY 2025, DISARM EARTH DAY
[ https://www.codepink.org/missingp414 ]


MONDAY APRIL 28, 5:30 pm: DAY OF MOURNING FOR WORKERS KILLED ON THE JOB, CITY HALL PLAZA, 2476 VICTORIA AVE


TUESDAY APRIL 29: UNDERSTANDING ZIONISM—A 6 PART STUDY FOR THE PALESTINE LIBERATION MOVEMENT
[ https://peoplesforum.org/events/course- ... -movement/ ]


SATURDAY MAY 5, ALL DAY: RED DRESS DAY—A DAY TO REMEMBER MISSING AND MURDERED INDIGENOUS WOMEN, GIRLS, & TWO-SPIRIT PEOPLE
One way to mark Red Dress Day is to hang a red dress in your window or in your yard.
[ https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/ ... -dress-day ]


SUNDAY MAY 11, 2:30 PM: CELEBRATION OF THE LIFE OF JOHN CONWAY, WA WA SHRINERS, 2065 HAMILTON ST
John lived his life working for a world where social justice prevails—for a world that is a better place for everyone who lives here.
[ https://leaderpost.remembering.ca/obitu ... 1092752460 ]


FRIDAY MAY 30, 7 pm: THE BLACK BIRD COMMONS PRESENTS AN ADULTS ONLY BOOKFAIR—A FUNDRAISER FOR REGINA’S NEW BOOKSTORE, THE EVERYDAY KITCHEN, 1378 HAMILTON ST


NEW PETITIONS & OTHER ACTIONS

VOTE FOR HOUSING AS A HUMAN RIGHT
[ https://win.newmode.net/acorncanada/acornvotescountonme ]


EMAIL FEDERAL PARTY LEADERS TO TAKE CLIMATE ACTION
[ https://cape.ca/action/meet-the-moment- ... -progress/ ]


TO CONSERVATIVE LEADER PIERRE POILIEVRE: REMOVE AARON GUNN AS THE CANDIDATE FOR NORTH ISLAND-POWELL RIVER
[ https://you.leadnow.ca/petitions/pierre ... well-river ]


IMMIGRATION, REFUGEES AND CITIZENSHIP CANADA (IRCC) - LET US STAY!
[ https://www.change.org/p/immigration-re ... et-us-stay ]


RESPECT THE AMAZON! STOP ILLEGAL GOLD MINING
[ https://act.greenpeace.ca/en-ca/amazon-stop-gold-mining ]


KEYSTONE, ‘SAFEST PIPELINE IN THE WORLD,’ RUPTURES AGAIN
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/keyst ... eline-leak ]


NO NEW DRILLING IN THE NORTH SEA
[ https://secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/no ... lling_loc/ ]


TELL MICROSOFT TO STOP PROVIDING SUPPORT TO THE ISRAELI MILITARY
[ https://action.eko.org/a/microsoft-stop ... e=fwd&t=10 ]


FREE RUMEYSA OZTURK: NO ONE WHO WRITES AN OP-ED SHOULD BE ARRESTED, DETAINED, OR DEPORTED FOR EXPRESSING THEIR FREE SPEECH POINT OF VIEW.
[ https://actionnetwork.org/forms/free-rumeysa-ozturk ]


TELL THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF EMTs & PARAMEDICS (IAPE) TO CONDEMN THE MASSACRE OF FIRST RESPONDERS IN GAZA
[ https://www.codepink.org/iaep?recruiter_id=399923 ]


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