PART 5 OF THE GREEN PARTY POLICY STATEMENT
THE PLANET NEEDS CANADA (AND VICE VERSA)

Canada’s role as global leader in peacemaking and poverty alleviation

Green Solutions (more…)

Climate Change and Peace

“…Extensive climate changes may alter and threaten the living conditions of much of mankind. They may induce large-scale migration and lead to greater competition for the earth’s resources. Such changes will place particularly heavy burdens on the world’s most vulnerable countries. There may be increased danger of violent conflicts and wars, within and between states.” Portion of the Citation awarding Al Gore and the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). the Nobel Peace Prize, October, 2007. (more…)

by Metta Spencer
published in the Hill Times, October 22, 2007

Question: In a government, which cabinet ministry has responsibility for the “peace file”?

Answer: Usually none.  Although numerous agencies within a democratic government (including Canada’s) do determine the prospects for peace or war, no single one of them is assigned peace as its specific responsibility. No minister has the “peace portfolio,” and no one is authorized to coordinate the efforts of the various governmental branches. (more…)

REPORT FROM THE THIRD GLOBAL SUMMIT FOR MINISTRIES AND DEPARTMENTS OF PEACE, JAPAN, SEPT. 21-26, 2007

Prepared by Saul Arbess and Penny Joy
Delivered on the International Day of Nonviolence and Gandhi’s birthday, Oct. 2, 2007.
This day was also designated the Department of Peace Day in Canada. (more…)

Post-9/11 Foreign Policy Requires Push for Peace: Axworthy
Military responses worry former foreign affairs minister

MIKE SADAVA
EDMONTON JOURNAL, OCT. 2, 2007

Canada needs a ministry of peace to offset the militaristic direction the country’s foreign policy has taken since 9/11, says former foreign affairs minister Lloyd Axworthy.
With all the emphasis on military solutions like the war in Afghanistan, which he said has made little progress in bringing peace and stability to that country, the way Canada pursues these issues should be revisited, he said Monday. (more…)

The 3rd Global Summit for Ministries and Departments of Peace took place September 21-26 in Kisarazu and Tokyo, Japan. This extraordinary event began on the International Day of Peace and Global Ceasefire declared by the UN. It featured 21 country delegations*, representing both civil society and parliamentarians, from all five continents, including Nepal, which became the second country, after the Solomon Islands, to form a Ministry of Peace, and Rwanda, a country that experienced genocide in 1994. The event was sponsored by the Global Alliance for Ministries and Departments of Peace numbering more than 25 countries and hosted by its Japanese member, Japan United for Ministry of Peace (JUMP). (more…)