MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - November 23, 2025

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MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - November 23, 2025


SPECIAL LISTENING

ERIN WEIR ON THE EVAN BRAY SHOW TALKING ABOUT POTASH ROYALTIES—Saskatchewan is failing to secure enough for its resources
[ https://iono.fm/e/1620617 ]


CBC BLUE SKY: MOVING BEYOND LEGISLATED POVERTY, with Peter Gilmer and others
[ https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1- ... ed-poverty ]


UPCOMING BOOK, AVAILABLE IN SPRING 2026—To help us carry on the struggle for peace and justice!

THE LONG SIXTIES: STORIES FROM THE NEW LEFT, edited by Jim Harding
The sixties were not just “sex, drugs, and rock and roll.” Social movements aimed at overcoming patriarchy, colonialism, and corporate capitalism were equally part of the sixties revolution. These movements are still very much alive.

In The Long Sixties, seven veteran political activists from the sixties, all still engaged in campaigns and organizations across Canada, tell their stories of transformational activism. What could veteran activists from the sixties teach about activism? In addition to telling their stories — how they got involved, why they stay involved, how they persevered into their twilight years — they also critically reflect on their victories and defeats, their personal and political challenges, what they learned, and how their perspectives deepened and changed along the way.
This book provides hope, chronicling the significant gains — in advancing peace, international human rights, Indigenous rights, women’s and 2SLGBTQ+ rights, workers’ rights, and environmental protection. Weathered voices open an intergenerational conversation about social solidarity and transformation to address the grave crises we face globally and nationally, including climate catastrophe, escalating warfare, extreme wealth inequality, ethno-nationalism, and a heightened continental threat to Canada’s sovereignty. With inspiring contributions from Bob Bossin, Joan Kuyek, Dimitri Roussopoulos, Lib Spry, Cathy Walker, Peter Warrian and Jim Harding.
[ https://fernwoodpublishing.ca/book/the-long-sixties ]


NAGASAKI PEACE DECLARATION
[ https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20 ... na/035000c ]


CANADA’S NEW HOMES CAN BE BOTH AFFORDABLE AND ACCESSIBLE
[ https://www.chrc-ccdp.gc.ca/resources/n ... accessible ]


GOOD READING & VIEWING & LISTENING

REGINA'S 2026 BUDGET ESTIMATE FORECASTS 15.69% TAX RATE INCREASE FOR STATUS QUO OPERATIONS: Those of us who own property shouldn’t mind paying taxes as long as the money goes to the right things—like public transit and ending houselessness
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/local-news/ ... e-increase ]


CITY COUNCIL REJECTS MOTION RELATED TO IMPLEMENTING BASE TAX SYSTEM FOR REGINA HOMEOWNERS—YAY!!!
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/local-news/ ... homeowners ]


REGINA OFFICER PLEADS GUILTY TO USING POLICE DATABASES TO PURSUE WOMEN
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatch ... -9.6986314 ]


SMALL SASK. TOWN RALLIES TO PRESERVE HISTORIC BRIDGE A DECADE AFTER ITS CLOSURE
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/small-town-rall ... -9.6986922 ]


NATIONAL SCHOOL FOOD PROGRAM EXPANDING IN SASK.
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatch ... -9.6988388 ]


SASK GOVERNMENT DOESN’T KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE WAITING FOR ADDICTIONS TREATMENT
[ https://www.ckom.com/2025/11/20/sask-go ... treatment/ ]


WINS, MISSES, AND WHAT’S NEXT: REFLECTING ON THE RIGHT TO HOUSING IN CANADA IN 2025
[ https://housingrightscanada.com/wins-mi ... d6d50c795c ]


SEEKING HUMANITY: A PATH TO PRISONERS’ RIGHTS
[ https://www.bartalk.org/article/the-pro ... ers-rights ]


50 YEARS OF CAKE FOR JUSTICE & PEACE—Congratulations, MCC, on your 50th anniversary and thanks for all the work you do for peace and justice!
[ https://mcc.org/our-stories/50-years-ca ... -and-peace ]


WHY CANADA’S DEFENCE BUDGET IS UPSIDE DOWN, with Steve Staples
[ https://www.peacequest.ca/p/why-canadas ... -is-upside ]


BUDGET 2025: A “HISTORIC MOMENT” FOR THE ARMS INDUSTRY
[ https://canadians.org/analysis/budget-2 ... -industry/ ]


LABOUR’S CLIMATE FIGHT REQUIRES PUBLIC OWNERSHIP
[ https://socialistproject.ca/2025/11/lab ... ownership/ ]


G20 LEADERS NEED TO START TAXING WEALTHY PEOPLE LIKE ME, by Abigail Disney
[ https://time.com/7335231/g20-start-taxi ... e-like-me/ ]


AT COP30, HUMANITY MUST CHOOSE: FOSSIL FUEL INDUSTRY PROFITS OR A LIVABLE PLANET?
[ https://therealnews.com/cop30-fossil-fu ... ble-planet ]


HOW CANADA’S PURCHASES OF ISRAELI WEAPONS FUELS GENOCIDE
[ https://www.readthemaple.com/how-canada ... newsletter ]


IDF SOLDIERS ARE DOING SPEAKING-EVENTS IN CANADA. SOME SAY THEY SHOULDN’T BE HERE
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/idf-sold ... -9.6980946 ]


CHRIS HEDGES ON THE 28-POINT UKRAINE PEACE PLAN (W/ GEORGE GALLOWAY)
[ https://chrishedges.substack.com/p/chri ... nt-ukraine ]


SUDAN’S CIVIL WAR RAVAGES THE CORE OF OUR HUMANITY
[ https://www.pressenza.com/2025/11/sudan ... -humanity/ ]


FROM LIBYA TO PALESTINE, THE UN SECURITY COUNCIL BETRAYS ARAB AND MUSLIM PEOPLES
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xifQ0uPmZ5Y ]


DOCTORS AGAINST GENOCIDE PRESS CONFERENCE
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KM0r1zlOABs ]


67 CHILDREN HAVE BEEN KILLED IN GAZA SINCE ‘CEASEFIRE’ BEGAN, AS ISRAEL COMMITTED HUNDREDS OF VIOLATIONS
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/gaza- ... ire-israel ]


WHO IS READY TO DIE FOR TRUMP’S GAZA PLAN? SO FAR NOBODY
[ https://www.pressenza.com/2025/11/who-i ... ar-nobody/ ]


WEAPONS OF WILLPOWER: HAMAS AND ISLAMIC JIHAD ON TRUMP'S GAZA PLAN, by Jeremy Scahill
[ https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/hamas-pa ... -ceasefire ]


ISRAEL’S GENOCIDE ISN’T OVER. IT’S BEEN EXPANDED
[ https://www.jewishvoiceforpeace.org/202 ... -expanded/ ]


LEADERS ACROSS EU DELIVER UNIFIED MESSAGE TO THE US: ‘NO WAR ON VENEZUELA’
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/us-venezuela-war ]


COP30 IN THE AMAZON AND THE HOPE OF INDIGENOUS LEADERSHIP
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2025/11/20 ... on_and_the ]


CLIMATE CRISIS DISPLACES 250 MILLION OVER A DECADE WHILE U.S. & OTHER POLLUTING NATIONS CLOSE BORDERS
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2025/11/20 ... e_refugees ]


NO FOSSIL FUEL PHASEOUT, NO DEAL! AT COP30, VANUATU CLIMATE MINISTER JOINS 30+ DISSENTING NATIONS
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2025/11/21/ralph_regenvanu ]


FURY AS ‘SHAMEFULLY WEAK’ COP30 DRAFT DROPS ALL MENTION OF FOSSIL FUELS
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/cop30 ... l-phaseout ]


THE RACE TO SAVE THE AMAZON: TOP BRAZILIAN SCIENTIST SAYS RAINFOREST IS AT “TIPPING POINT”
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2025/11/20/carlos_nobre ]


EVENTS, WEBINARS, TV PROGRAMS, & FILMS

TODAY--SUNDAY NOVEMBER 23, 10 am-2 pm: COME & GO BRUNCH ANNUAL HOMELESS MEMORIAL FUNDRAISER, 909 ALBERT ST
Phoenix Residential Society’s annual memorial for people who have died while homeless in the previous year is coming up and they are doing a come-and-go brunch as a fundraiser. Tickets $30. For more information, contact Roda: 639-571-2036,[ rodabainah@gmail.com ]


SUNDAY NOVEMBER 23, 4 pm: CUBAN AND U.S. WORKERS RESPOND: CLIMATE & ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTERS
[ https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/registe ... gistration ]


MONDAY NOVEMBER 24, 11 am: HEALTH CARE & WAR
Health care is increasingly under attack in war zones, despite this being in clear violation of international law. Doctors, nurses and other health care workers have been beaten, arbitrarily arrested, kidnapped, tortured, and killed. Hospitals and ambulances have been deliberately attacked. Join Dr. Yipeng Ge, Michael Lynk and Dr. Safa Elhassan for a conversation about health care workers in war zones with the Canadian Health Coalition's Anne Lagacé Dowson
[ https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... gistration ]


MONDAY NOVEMBER 24, 5:30 pm: INTERNATIONALISM BELONGS IN NDP LEADERSHIP RACE
Amidst growing militarism, a climate crisis and global inequality, the NDP leadership race cannot afford to treat foreign policy as an afterthought. This webinar rally brings together voices from Haiti, Venezuela, Palestine, Africa, and struggles against mining and resource extraction to insist that internationalism, anti-imperialism and anti-militarism should be central to the debate. Speakers will highlight Canada’s role in coups, sanctions, occupations, wars and corporate abuses abroad—and how these choices are tied to racism, austerity, climate breakdown and attacks on democracy at home. The event is not about endorsing any party or candidate. It is about defending the basic democratic principle that members should be able to hear, and decide on, critical perspectives on Canadian foreign policy rather than having them screened out by a three-person vetting committee.
[ https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... gistration ]


TUESDAY NOVEMBER 25, NOON: PENSIONS, CLIMATE RISK AND THE LAW: THE LEGAL CASE AGAINST THE CANADA PENSION PLAN INVESTMENT BOARD
[ https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... gistration ]


TUESDAY NOVEMBER 25, NOON: REPORTS FROM THE FIELD: THE OTTAWA TREATY AND MINES ACTION CANADA
[ https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... gistration ]


WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 26, 2 pm: BUSTING THE BUSINESS CASE OF A NORTH COAST OIL PIPELINE
[ https://sierraclub.bc.ca/our-work/re-co ... -pipeline/ ]


THURSDAY NOVEMBER 27 & FRIDAY NOVEMBER 28: IMAGINE AFRICA BEYOND WAR: WORLD BEYOND WAR’S THIRD AFRICA REGIONAL PEACE CONFERENCE
[ https://worldbeyondwar.org/africa2025/ ]


THURSDAY NOVEMBER 27, 1 pm: BUILDING STRONGER COMMUNITIES THROUGH HOUSING CO-OPERATIVES
[ https://cooperativesfirst.com/building- ... peratives/ ]


THURSDAY NOVEMBER 27, 7 pm: 2025 JAMES M. MINIFIE LECTURE - ANDREW COYNE: 'WE'LL MISS THE LEGACY MEDIA WHEN IT'S GONE (THOUGH IT'S NOT GOING ANYWHERE),' EDUCATION AUDITORIUM, U OF R


FRIDAY NOVEMBER 28 1 pm: SUBJECT TO CHANGE: THE PRAIRIE CLIMATE—HYBRID: UNIVERSITY OF REGINA, CLASSROOM BUILDING 420 / ZOOM
[ https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/subject-to- ... tdtcreator ]


SATURDAY NOVEMBER 29, 6 pm: CANADIAN PREMIERE OF HIGHWAY ROBBERY: THE REGINA BYPASS SCANDAL
Highway Robbery: The Regina Bypass Scandal will have a livestreamed premiere free to the public on Saturday, November 29, 2025 at 6:00 pm Saskatchewan time (7:00 pm EST, 4:00 pm PST) on [ http://www.fishbowlvideo.com ]. The event, showcasing the full 83 minute film for the first time, will open with a live introduction. A live question and answer session involving the viewers with the producer of the film will follow. Be sure to tune in for a great live event!
[ http://www.fishbowlvideo.com ], [ highwayrobbery.org], Highway Robbery Channel on Youtube, Rumble, X, Tik Tok, and Instagram, articles on substack.com by Nestor Mryglod


TUESDAY DECEMBER 2, 6 pm: UKRAINE WAR—NEGOTIATE, DON’T ESCALATE AND RISK WORLD WAR 3
[ https://secure.everyaction.com/JW6LcYtr_UeAO_ZjRcO6Lg2 ]


WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 3, 6 pm: THE SUZUKI SESSIONS—THE CLEAN POWER OPPORTUNITY
[ https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... gistration ]


Note change of book cluc meeting: WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 3, 7 pm: QUEEN CITY URBANIST BOOK CLUB, CATHEDRAL COMMUNITY CENTRE, 2900 13TH AVE
The book that will be discussed is Places of the Heart, by Colin Ellard


WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 3, NOON – 1:30 pm: POETRY IN TIMES OF WAR & CONFLICT—WITH SASK POETRY LAUREATE PEACE AKINTADE, LA CITÉ 125, UNIVERSITY OF REGINA
Peace will explore the role of poetry and language as tools for connection, resistance, and healing in times of war and political conflict. Through her reflections and spoken word, she will invite participants to consider how shared communities are formed through art, empathy, and expression and how poets can give voice to collective struggles and resilience. The discussion will highlight the power of words to bridge divides, to bear witness, and to imagine peace in turbulent times.
[ https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/global-cafe ... tdtcreator ]


THURSDAY DECEMBER 4, 6 pm: RESILIANCE FOR SUSTAINABLE ACTIVISM
Many of us entered movement work out of urgency and many of us are exhausted by it. The Resilience Toolkit offers an embodied, justice-aligned framework for sustaining activism over the long arc of the struggle. Rather than treating burnout, reactivity and conflict as personal failures, The Toolkit helps us understand them as predictable stress and trauma responses - and equips us with real-time regulation skills that expand our capacity to stay engaged without collapse or numbness. [ https://www.mobilize.us/indivisible/event/862622/ ]


SATURDAY DECEMBER 6, 12:30 pm: FROM BELÉM TO CANADA: COP30, PROMISES AND REALITIES
[ https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... gistration ]


SATURDAY DECEMBER 6, 1-4 pm: WINTER FAIR FOR PALESTINE, CATHEDRAL COMMUNITY CENTRE, 2900 13TH AVE
Hosted by Palestine Solidarity Regina


SUNDAY DECEMBER 7, 2 – 4 pm: BOOK CLUB DISCUSSION OF PERFECT VICTIMS AND THE POLITICS OF APPEAL, BY MOHAMMED EL- KURD, ABSTRACTIONS CAFÉ, 2161 ROSE ST
Hosted by Palestine Solidarity Regina


WEDNESDAY JANUARY 7, 7 pm: QUEEN CITY URBANIST BOOK CLUB, CATHEDRAL COMMUNITY CENTRE, 2900 13TH AVE
The book that will be discussed is Living Disability, Emily Macrae (ed)


NEW PETITIONS & OTHER ACTIONS

FREE AYMAN GHRAYEB: SEND THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE TO PM CARNEY & MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS ANITA ANAND
On 17th November 2025, in al-Fasayil (Jordan Valley, West Bank), Palestinian peace activist Ayman Ghraieb was taken by the Israeli military at the request of Israeli settlers present at the scene.

It has been reported Ayman Ghrayeb has been hospitalized after being detained by Israeli security on Monday. A source in Israeli security claims that Ayman is being held by the Shin Bet – the Israeli internal security service. The Red Cross and Ayman’s lawyers have been unable to reach him despite repeated requests for information from the Israeli police and military. Urgent intervention is needed to secure Ayman’s immediate release please.
Thank you (Your name and address)
pm@pm.gc.ca
mark.carney@parl.gc.ca
anita.anand@parl.gc.ca
anita.anand@international.gc.ca
david.mcguinty@parl.gc.ca


SAY NO TO TRUMP-STYLE IMMIGRATION POLICY IN CANADA
[ https://act.greenpeace.ca/en-ca/stop-bill-c12 ]


CANADA: SEVER ALL MILITARY TIES WITH ISRAEL
[ https://actionnetwork.org/letters/canad ... -this-week ]


TELL TARGET TO STOP SELLING BABY FOOD THAT CONTAINS TOXIC PESTICIDES!
[ https://action.foe.org/page/90944/actio ... id=4226341 ]


TELL THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO KEEP MANDATORY CHECKS ON PESTICIDE SAFETY
[ https://ecojustice.ca/take-action/tell- ... de-safety/ ]


PM CARNEY TO ERODE GREENWASHING PROTECTIONS. TELL HIM TO BACK OFF
[ https://ecojustice.ca/take-action/pm-ca ... -back-off/ ]


REEBOK: STOP FUNDING GENOCIDE
[ https://cleanclothes.org/campaigns/bds ]


TELL CANADA TO INVEST IN NATURE
[ https://davidsuzuki.org/action/speak-up ... vestments/ ]


TELL BARCLAYS TO STOP BANKROLLING ISRAEL’S ATROCITIES
[ https://palestinecampaign.eaction.org.u ... yspetition ]


- Making Peace Vigil