MAKING PEACE VIGIL - Newsletter - April 13, 2025

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MAKING PEACE VIGIL - Newsletter - April 13, 2025


SPECIAL ACTION:

TODAY, SUNDAY APRIL 13, 2 pm: CROSS COUNTRY CHECK-UP, CBC RADIO—TOPIC—HOW DOES MILITARY SPENDING AFFECT YOUR VOTE? Get ready to call in: 1-888-416-8333.
[ https://www.cbc.ca/radio/checkup ]


SPECIAL READING & LISTENING & VIEWING

THURSDAY RALLY AT CITY HALL TO END HOUSELESSNESS
A BIG THANKS to everyone who came out to the rally! Any suggestions as to what we should do next? Unhoused people need housing!!
‘THINGS WE CAN DO’: REGINA RESIDENTS GATHER AT CITY HALL WANTING ANSWERS TO ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS CRISIS
[ https://www.ctvnews.ca/regina/article/t ... ss-crisis/ ]


'I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO': REGINA HOUSING CRISIS LEADS TO DESPERATE CALLS FOR GOVERNMENT ACTION
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/local-news/ ... ent-action ]


'PEOPLE ARE DYING ON THE STREETS.' REGINA RESIDENTS CALL FOR MORE HOMELESSNESS SUPPORT
[ https://www.sasktoday.ca/regina-today/r ... t-10507589 ]


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.

MORE SPECIAL READING

IS THE PEACE MOVEMENT WRONG? ELECTION 2025: WHY MOST PARTIES SUPPORT MORE MILITARY SPENDING, by Steve Staples
[ https://www.peacequest.ca/p/is-the-peace-movement-wrong ]


WHAT CANADA NEEDS NOW IS MORE ROBUST, VISIONARY DIPLOMACY, NOT MORE MILITARY SPENDING, by Ernie Regehr and Douglas Roche
[ https://www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/04 ... ng/455764/ ]


GOOD READING & VIEWING & LISTENING

‘I’LL DIE IN MY HOME’: EVICTED GLEN ELM RESIDENTS SEEK REMEDY FROM CITY COUNCIL
[ https://www.cjme.com/2025/04/10/ill-die ... a-council/ ]


RENT AND AFFORDABILITY DRIVING SASK RENTERS TO THE POLLS THIS ELECTION
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoo ... -1.7506249 ]


REGINA CITY COUNCIL VOTES TO KEEP SCARTH STREET MALL PEDESTRIAN- ONLY—Some good news!
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatch ... -1.7507203 ]


RACISM & LIES IN THE SASKATCHEWAN LEGISLATURE
[ https://tammyrobert.substack.com/p/raci ... skatchewan ]


MOE REPRIMANDS MLA WHO CALLED FEDERAL NDP LEADER A 'TERRORIST', BUT KEEPS HER IN CAUCUS
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/saskatchewa ... -in-caucus ]


SIKH GROUPS CALL TO REMOVE SASK. MLA WHO LABELLED NDP LEADER JAGMEET SINGH A TERRORIST
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/national/si ... -terrorist ]


WHO IS RUNNING IN SASKATCHEWAN’S 14 RIDINGS IN THE FEDERAL ELECTION?
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/national/fe ... l-election ]


SASKATCHEWAN POLITICAL PANEL | FEDERAL LEADER VISITS AND 'STUPID REDNECK' COMMENTS
[ https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.6720844 ]


LABOUR’S POLICY PRIORITIES FOR THE FEDERAL ELECTION
[ https://www.readthemaple.com/here-are-l ... newsletter ]


POILIEVRE MUST PURGE HIS PARTY OF RESIDENTIAL SCHOOL DENIERS, by Doug Cuthand
[ https://leaderpost.com/opinion/columnis ... 8c4c95ed65 ]


THE END OF THE RECONCILIATION ERA—with Pam Palmater
[ https://breachmedia.ca/reconciliation-e ... s-peoples/ ]


ELECTION 2025: WHERE DO THE PARTIES STAND ON THE CLIMATE CRISIS?
[ https://rabble.ca/politics/canadian-pol ... Newsletter ]


ACTIONS THE NEXT FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SHOULD TAKE TO PROTECT OUR ENVIRONMENT
[ https://ecojustice.ca/news/actions-the- ... d-economy/ ]


U.S. REGULATORS ORDER CORRECTIVE ACTION AFTER KEYSTONE PIPELINE SPILL IN NORTH DAKOTA
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/ ... -1.7509052 ]


QUESTIONS OVER TORY PEER’S SUPPORT FOR NUCLEAR COMPANY’S UK AMBITIONS
[ https://www.theguardian.com/politics/20 ... ial-energy ]


CANADIAN LAWYERS BORROW FROM US PLAYBOOK TO QUASH PALESTINE SOLIDARITY
[ https://breachmedia.ca/palestine-solida ... ook-quash/ ]


BIRJU DATTANI LOST HIS JOB FOR CRITICIZING ISRAEL, BUT HE’S FIGHTING BACK
[ https://therealnews.com/birju-dattani-l ... hting-back ]


ACTIVISTS OCCUPY GLOBAL AFFAIRS OFFICE, CALL FOR ISRAEL ARMS EMBARGO
[ https://www.readthemaple.com/activists- ... newsletter ]


MICHIGAN LAWYER DETAINED AT DETROIT AIRPORT, PHONE SEIZED; HE REPRESENTS PRO-PALESTINE PROTESTER
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2025/4/11/ ... ned_border ]


'THEY ARE LAUGHING AT US ALL': TRUMP TARIFF WHIPLASH BOOSTS WEALTH OF MEGA-RICH BY $304 BILLION
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/billi ... mp-tariffs ]


TRUMP’S TARIFFS SEEN FROM CONTRADICTORY ANGLES
[ https://socialistproject.ca/2025/04/tru ... gles/#more ]


THE ECONOMICS OF A DYING EMPIRE, The Chris Hedges Report
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1aFnl-x_3M ]


JUST ANOTHER AMERICAN PRESIDENT, with Seymour Hersh
[ https://seymourhersh.substack.com/p/jus ... -president ]


THE US INTENSIFIES '21ST-CENTURY MONROE DOCTRINE' IN LATIN AMERICA
[ https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202504/1331861.shtml ]


US MILITARY BASES AROUND THE WORLD: 1945-2020 TIMELINE
[ https://www.reddit.com/r/MapPorn/commen ... ?rdt=39617 ]


THE COCHABAMBA WATER WAR: BOLIVIA’S REBELLION AGAINST NEOLIBERALISM
[ https://therealnews.com/the-cochabamba- ... liberalism ]


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


'THIS EXECUTIVE ORDER IS ILLEGAL': TRUMP ATTACKS HALF-CENTURY OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONS IN ONE FELL SWOOP
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump ... nvironment ]


EVENTS, WEBINARS, TV PROGRAMS, & FILMS

SUNDAY APRIL 13, 2 pm: CROSS COUNTRY CHECK-UP, CBC RADIO—TOPIC—HOW DOES MILITARY TRAINING AFFECT YOUR VOTE?
Get ready to call in: 1-888-416-8333.
[ https://www.cbc.ca/radio/checkup ]


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, 5 pm: OFF THE HILL--ELECTION 2025—WHAT’S NEXT FOR CANADA?
[ https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... gistration ]


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 ]


THURSDAY APRIL 24, 7 pm: WHAT HAS 30 YEARS OF RESEARCH ON THE SOCIAL DETERMINENTS OF HEALTH TAUGHT US ABOUT HOUSING & THE HOUSING CRISIS?
The University of Saskatchewan’s Houston Lecture, with Dr. Patricia O’Campo.
[ https://www.schoolofpublicpolicy.sk.ca/ ... ousing.php ]


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

SAVE THE CBC
[ https://friends.ca/takeaction/save-the-cbc-petition/ ]


PRIME MINISTER CARNEY: STOP BEING VAGUE, ENFORCE A REAL ARMS EMBARGO!
[ https://www.justiceforallcanada.org/arms-embargo.html ]


MINISTER JOLY: STOP ARMING GENOCIDE
[ https://actionnetwork.org/letters/5b997 ... 3417e60f5/ ]


ENVIRONMENTALISTS UNITE: WAR FUELS THE CLIMATE CRISIS
[ https://www.codepink.org/environmentalistsunite ]


INDONESIA: PLEASE STOP THE DESTRUCTION OF PAPUA’S MARIND FOREST
[ https://www.rainforest-rescue.org/petit ... ind-forest ]



- Making Peace Vigil