Author: Conscience Canada

by Dave Hubert Fight, fight, fight the recurring Department of Defense recruiting ads urged my grandson as he watched the Maple Leafs and Canadiens do battle on Hockey Night in…

 Yes, this world has far too many nuclear weapons. But people around the world are mobilizing towards nuclear abolition, especially in conjunction with the Non-Proliferation Treaty 5 Year Review conference…

Conscience Canada would like to support the recent press release produced by the Canadian Voice of Women for Peace by providing a link to it from our website here http://vowpeace.org/no-weapons-to-ukraine/.…

Victor Postnikov, a translator, electrical engineer, philosopher living in the Ukraine writes about his homeland, as a “black hole for humanity”. His view of how greed and loss of ecological…

Good evening. I’m Petra Bridgeman, and this is The National. Today the Government of Canada along with the other Arctic nations gathered in Narvik, Norway signed NEENAC (No Extraction Exploration…

A single word: RESIST! As simple and difficult a solution as that. Terrorists of all stripes seek to frighten, to impose their ideas by fear, terror. Beheadings on the Internet, planes…

The MCC (Canadian Mennonite Central Committee) has a new issue of its journal, Intersections, available on the theme of conscientious objection. It’s a great resource, with information on the situation…

Quebec Conscience Canada members Maryse Azzaria and Dominique Boisvert drafted letters to all MPs who voted against the combat mission against ISIS. Below is a sample letter. So far two…

Have you been wondering what our response should be to the rise of ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and Syria)? Through the Project Ploughshares “peace list” and a discussion among…

I realize that this letter may come across as a little harsh. If it does, please consider its message and recognize that the tone reflects an anger and disappointment with…