by Eric Unger, member of Conscience Canada
When the lawn is too dry, we water it. When the room is too cold, we turn up the heat. When the dessert is too sour, we sweeten it. When a solution is too acidic, we add a base. The concept is simple, even for a child. But in one respect at least, this concept is lost to most of humankind. Continue reading
Interested in counter-recruitment efforts? These links can help you if you want Canada’s young people to think carefully before enlisting in the military and to learn about other options. Continue reading
The Wall of Remembrance, a peace memorial and teaching aid recognizing all 3,021 Manitoba conscientious objectors during World War II, will be dedicated at 3 pm Sunday, September 11, 2011 in Winkler, Manitoba. Click here for event details. Please send in photos from the event if you attend!
Conscience Canada (CC) board member Jan Slakov wrote the following statement for the Canadian Voice of Women for Peace (VOW) last fall, when VOW was celebrating its 50th anniversary. We decided to post it on the CC website because others may find it useful or inspiring to read. Continue reading
On December 7th, 2010, the Canadian House of Commons gave unanimous consent in calling on the Government of Canada to engage in negotiations for a nuclear weapons convention as proposed by the UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, in his address to the East-West Institute on October 24th, 2008. Continue reading
Tax me not
for the purpose of war
when the world
is in need of peace. Continue reading
Love of Enemy
It is crucial that we stop trivializing nonviolence and refuse the false choice of “nonviolence or force”. The true choice is between the force of hatred/violence and the force of love we call “nonviolence”. Continue reading
