April 2014

Protecting advocacy in Canada

With recent news reports of charity audits for certain environmental organizations, the General Secretary has written to the Prime Minister and the Minister of National Revenue. In her letter, the General Secretary has asked the Prime Minister  and the Minister of National Revenue to ensure that donors and organizations who exercise their calling to care for […]

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Fighting human trafficking by ending demand for prostitution

CCC General Secretary the Rev. Dr. Karen Hamilton wrote yesterday to Minister of Justice Peter MacKay with recommendations from the CCC’s Human Trafficking in Canada Working Group regarding the development of new prostitution laws in Canada. “The Chair… and members of the working group have identified the links between prostitution and human trafficking and believe that legalizing or

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Seeking action on nuclear non-proliferation

The General Secretary of the Canadian Council of Churches, the Rev. Dr. Karen Hamilton, has written Minister of Foreign Affairs John Baird regarding the Preparatory Committee of the Non-Proliferation Treaty meeting,  beginning on April 28, 2014. The letter calls  progress toward eliminating nuclear weapons “necessary, urgent and possible,” and asks that the federal governement take “specific

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