MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - April 25, 2024

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MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - April 25, 2024


GOOD READING & LISTENING & VIEWING:


VANESSA MATHEWS ON WHY ENCOURAGING RESIDENTIAL DENSITY IS A GOOD THING
[ https://twitter.com/PaulDechene/status/ ... fsrc=email ]


REGINA CITY COUNCIL KICKS DECISION ON LOWERING SPEED LIMIT IN CATHEDRAL NEIGHBOURHOOD DOWN THE ROAD
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatch ... -1.7183918 ]


SASK. OFFICIALS KNEW COVID-19 WAS SPREADING AT AN 'EXPONENTIAL' RATE IN 2021, BUT REFUSED RESTRICTIONS
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatch ... -1.7179486 ]


OTTAWA FAILING TO MEET JORDAN'S PRINCIPLE DEADLINES FOR FIRST NATIONS KIDS' CARE MOST OF THE TIME
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/isc-jo ... -1.7182110 ]


UN EXPERT FINDS 'FLAGRANT BREACHES' OF FIRST NATIONS RIGHTS TO CLEAN WATER
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/spec ... -1.7179387 ]


AGRICULTURAL BENEFITS DEAL SHOWS NEED TO UPDATE TREATIES
[ https://leaderpost.com/opinion/columnis ... 0c7dc00868 ]


MANITOBA MÉTIS LOOKING AT OPTIONS TO COMBAT ‘CULTURAL THEFT’ OF INDIGENOUS IDENTITIES
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/national/ma ... 8654b5d791 ]



DOUG FORD, JOHN TORY AND PATRICK BROWN ALL OWE UMAR ZAMEER THEIR ‘DEEPEST APOLOGIES’ AS WELL
[ https://www.thestar.com/opinion/star-co ... d8d33.html ]



BUDGET 2024 IS A FOUNDATION TO BUILD ON, BUT ACCOUNTABILITY IS KEY, by Federal Housing Advocate Marie-José Houle
[ https://www.housingchrc.ca/en/budget-20 ... ity-is-key ]



LIBERAL JUSTICES GRILL ATTORNEY IN SUPREME COURT CASE ON CRIMINALIZING HOMELESSNESS (Criminalize houselessness is what we do in Regina)
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/supre ... melessness ]



CANADA PUSHES FOR MORE MINING IN ECUADOR DESPITE RESISTANCE
[ https://www.readthemaple.com/email/0cf4 ... newsletter ]



CANADIAN FOREIGN POLICY HOUR APRIL 22, with Yves Engler
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?si=ifntPM ... e=youtu.be ]



CANADA TO HOST TESTS OF ISRAELI ARMS TECH USED ON PALESTINIANS
[ https://www.readthemaple.com/canada-to- ... newsletter


HISTORIC GAZA PROTESTS AT COLUMBIA U. ENTER DAY 6; CAMPUS PROTESTS SPREAD ACROSS COUNTRY
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2024/4/22/ ... encampment ]



PRO-PALESTINIAN CAMPUS ENCAMPMENTS SPREAD NATIONWIDE AMID MASS ARRESTS AT COLUMBIA, NYU & YALE
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2024/4/23/ ... _slaughter ]



WEST BANK POGROM 'UNDERSCORES URGENT NEED TO DISMANTLE APARTHEID': AMNESTY
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/israe ... -west-bank ]



GEORGE GALLOWAY & SCOTT RITTER: “WE DON’T SEE ANY PATHWAYS TO PEACE”
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsucQArXUTE ]



UN RIGHTS CHIEF DEMANDS INTERNATIONAL PROBE OF MASS GRAVES NEAR GAZA HOSPITALS
https://www.commondreams.org/news/un-ri ... ass-graves



WILL TURKEY’S PRO-PALESTINIAN PRESIDENT SUCCUMB TO WESTERN PRESSURE?
[ https://dimitrilascaris.org/2024/04/23/ ... -pressure/ ]



A CHILD DIES EVERY TWO HOURS IN SUDAN CAMP FOR DISPLACED PEOPLE
[ https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/2/5 ... people-msf ]



'SHAMEFUL': UK CONSERVATIVES PUSH THROUGH PLAN TO DEPORT ASYLUM-SEEKERS TO RWANDA
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/rwanda-bill-uk ]



EVENTS, WEBINARS, TV PROGRAMS, & FILMS:


SUNDAY APRIL 28, 4 pm: DAY OF MOURNING FOR WORKERS WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN THE LAST YEAR, CITY HALL
The National Day of Mourning, or Workers' Mourning Day, is observed in Canada on April 281. It commemorates workers who have been killed, injured or suffered illness due to workplace related hazards and occupational exposures1. The day of remembrance was launched by the Canadian Labour Congress, and in 1991, the Parliament of Canada passed the Workers Mourning Day Act making April 28 an official Day of Mourning.
[ https://www.facebook.com/events/9431382 ... f=newsfeed ]



FRIDAY MAY 3: SCREENING OF FOREIGN PATH 2, MOONLIGHT MOVIES, GOLDEN MILE
[ https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/foreign-pat ... =ebdsshios ]



FRIDAY MAY 3, 7 pm: 3rd ANNUAL WORKERS’ PARTY, HAMPTON HUB, 1221 15TH AVE
Celebrate May Works Week with Briarpatch & Regina & District Labour Council!
[ https://www.facebook.com/events/9656795 ... =newsfeedB ]



SATURDAY MAY 4, 3 pm: MAY DAY PARADE, UNION CENTRE, 2709 12th AVE
The parade starts at the Union Centre at 3 pm and goes up Albert St to the Leg. You can walk or ride in the parade. You can also join it at any point along its route.
[ https://www.facebook.com/events/3458323 ... f=newsfeed ]



SATURDAY MAY 4, 4 pm: ONLINE DEBATE: CAN WAR EVER BE JUSTIFIED? IS LARGE-SCALE VIOLENCE EVER A BETTER CHOICE THAN NONVIOLENT ACTION?
[ https://worldbeyondwar.org/debate2024/ ]



THURSDAY MAY 9 7:30 pm: THERE’S LEAD IN THE WATER! NOW WHAT? A PANEL DISCUSSION, CATHEDRAL COMMUNITY CENTRE, 2900 13TH AVE

Moderator: Alexander Quon, CBC News
Keynote panelist: Patti Sonntag, Global News National Investigative Unit
Co-panelists:
Jennifer Ackerman, Regina Leader-Post
Dr. Akram Mahani, Johnson Shoyama School of Public Policy (healthy public policies expert)
Andrew Stevens, Ward 3 City Councillor



WEDNESDAY MAY 10, 9 am – 4 pm: ADVOCACY TRAINING, LUTHER COLLEGE, U OF R
[ https://www.luthercollege.edu/universit ... t-planning ]



WEDNESDAY MAY 15: THE ON-TO-OTTAWA PEACE CARAVAN ARRIVES IN REGINA
The caravan is travelling from Vancouver to Ottawa to protest CANSEC, North America’s largest weapons fair. For the Regina stop, there will be a need for billets for a few people. Please let me know if you can help.
Stay tuned for further details.



NEW PETITIONS & OTHER ACTIONS:

GOVERNMENT OF CANADA: FORMALLY DECLARE THAT CANADA WILL NEITHER ACCEPT NOR AGREE TO ANY SECOND REQUEST FROM THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT FOR THE EXTRADITION OF DR. HASSAN DIAB IN CONNECTION WITH THE 1980 PARIS ATTACK.
[ https://www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/ ... ign/e-4901 ]



STOP JAILING PEOPLE FOR SEEKING SAFETY OR A BETTER LIFE IN CANADA
[ https://takeaction.amnesty.ca/page/148413/action/1 ]



PASS THE SUSTAINABLE JOBS ACT NOW
[ https://act.leadnow.ca/ett-sja-2024/ ]



I CALL ON THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT TO

1. Pass a motion in Parliament that condemns the deceptive and manipulative tactics of anti-abortion “crisis pregnancy centres,” including the medical misinformation they provide to clients; and
2. Fulfill its prior commitment to make CPCs ineligible for charitable status due to the false and misleading information they provide to vulnerable clients.
[ https://www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/ ... ion=e-4934 ]



DEMAND JUSTICE! NESTLÉ IS FILLING BABY FOOD WITH SUGAR IN POORER COUNTRIES
[ https://www.thepetitionsite.com/en-gb/6 ... 3400254104 ]



TELL YOUR MP: TAX BIG OIL IN 2024 BUDGET
[ https://act.newmode.net/action/350org/o ... ndfall-tax ]



BP: STOP TOXIC GAS FLARING
[ https://secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/bp ... aring_loc/ ]


- Making Peace Vigil