An Urgent Action Request regarding Cuba

by Jim Hodgson, Unwrapping Development Canada must condemn the ongoing U.S. embargo against Cuba, say two coalitions of Canadian non-governmental organizations (including churches, trade unions, aid groups and human rights defenders). The Americas Policy Group (APG) and Common Frontiers wrote Feb. 20 to Prime Minister Mark Carney,Foreign Minister Anita Anand, and Secretary of State (International Development) Randeep Sarai. Their letter condemned the... Continue Reading →

February 25, 2026 0

Rupture of the world order — The Prime Minister of Canada, Mark Carney

Here is the full text of a speech by Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney at Davos, Tuesday January 20, 2026. It's worth reading in its entirety. Possibly one for the ages, especially this particular age. "It’s a pleasure – and a duty – to be with you at this turning point for Canada and for... Continue Reading →

January 22, 2026 0

Carney on a Palestinian state, with restrictions

Al Mayadeen is an Arab Independent Media Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Monday placed restrictive conditions on the recognition of a Palestinian state, stressing the need to address the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza and the ongoing violations in the West Bank, while simultaneously rejecting any future Palestinian government that includes the Resistance movement Hamas,... Continue Reading →

July 29, 2025 0

CO2 levels just broke another record. G7 leaders ignored it

[Ken Gray] The G7; meeting is a wrap and a yawn. Kananaskis in Alberta’s land of oil and gas returns to whatever normal is these days. Top of the agenda was global trade relationships, escalating warfare in the Middle East, but definitely not consideration of the effects of global climate change on both economy and... Continue Reading →

June 18, 2025 1

“Ask not what the climate is doing to your country, but what your country can do for the climate” – Prime Minister Mark Carney

[Ken Gray] It was a pleasure to visit the church of my childhood and later years, St. John the Divine in Victoria this past Sunday. I attended in order to co-sign a letter to Canadian Minister Mark Carney asking him to honour his previous commitments (Value(s), p. xv) to create policy which protects the environment... Continue Reading →

June 2, 2025 0

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