Author: Conscience Canada

SIPRI has just released their annual analysis of world military expenditure. They report that military spending worldwide increased for the ninth consecutive year in 2023, reaching a total of $2.43…

If you are feeling overwhelmed or helpless by wars killing hundreds of thousands of innocents and tearing our world apart, the military’s disastrous impact on the climate and if you…

Conscientious objectors Ernie Wiens and Eric Unger participated in Winnipeg’s Gaza Ceasefire Pilgrimage, one of over 140 around the world. The Pilgrimages are intended to draw attention to the relationship…

-Global Days of Action on Military Spending DISARMAMENT NOW TO SAVE PEOPLE & THE PLANET Humanity is at a crossroads where political decisions on defence budgets will determine the trajectory…

If you’d like to learn more about conscientious objection to military taxation (why, how it’s not a tax evasion scheme!, consequences, etc) please join us for our upcoming information session…

This year three conscientious objector organizations are sharing the prestigious Seán MacBride Peace Prize awarded by the International Peace Bureau (IPB). Our House is a Belarusian civil society organization that…

We know there are children in Gaza who wish they had died along with the rest of their family. Being aware of the horrors of war, the genocide, can make…

Until Feb. 19 individuals can sign this e-petition: https://www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/Petition/Sign/e-4745 Conscience Canada signed this open letter : https://www.oxfam.ca/news/open-letter-civil-society-coalition-urges-canada-to-stop-arms-transfers-to-israel/ ThankYou to members: one shared a vision of Palestinians in colourful dress, encircling Rafah, so…

This article, co-authored by CC board member Linda Thyer, challenges us to adopt a peaceful approach to conflict, if we want to respond adequately to the planetary health crisis we…