For 75 years the Canadian Peace Congress has worked to build a strong, resilient, and united peace movement in Canada. As a member of the World Peace Council we join with people around the globe demanding an end to imperialism and it’s progeny: endless wars, ecocide, the plundering of the global south, colonialism, neo-colonialism; apartheid and genocide.
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Canada needs a foreign policy based on peace, disarmament, and solidarity, not war and aggression. Military spending drains massive amounts of budget resources away from desperately needed social programs such as health, education, housing and environmental protection. In our Peace Alternative, we put forward an achievable path towards peace.
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Since its inception in 1949, the Canadian Peace Congress has been guided by the words of the founding President of the World Peace Council, “Peace is Everybody’s Business”. Membership is open to individuals and organizations. Join us in the movement for peace!
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The drumbeats of war grow louder by the day. Humanity stands at a perilous crossroads, and Canada, rather than acting as an independent voice for peace, diplomacy and de-escalation, barrels headlong into militarism – latching itself to the reckless geopolitical objectives of Washington’s global military apparatus. News and social media weave a
As the fascists in Washington beat the drums of war against Cuba, the peace loving peoples of the world must mobilise to defeat this imminent threat. The Canadian Peace Congress condemns in the strongest possible terms this recent Yankee escalation, as well as the cowardly response of the Carney government. As its
