Every year, Development and Peace ― Caritas Canada mobilizes its members to learn about, promote and advocate for just and sustainable alternatives to the structures that perpetuate impoverishment and injustice.
Through this work, we denounce systems and policies that harm communities in the Global South, and propose sustainable and just alternatives. This is a critical aspect of our mission as a democratic international solidarity movement.
To influence decision-makers, Development and Peace ― Caritas Canada educates and mobilizes Canadians, engages elected officials in dialogue, takes official positions and launches petitions.
In our advocacy work, we collaborate with partners in the Global South and with national and global coalitions and networks. In addition, our members serve as frontline advocates.
Through the mobilization, hard work and commitment of our members and partners around the world, our campaigns have enabled Canadians to influence government policy in Canada and help improve conditions in across the Global South.
Collecting signatures on a petition or a solidarity letter is one of the quickest and most effective ways of mobilizing thousands of Canadians and informing them about the urgent issues faced by the communities we support in the Global South.
Whether online or on paper, please circulate these advocacy actions within your network.
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Together, we urge decision-makers to prioritise people and planet over mere profit and demand debt justice for communities crushed by unjust and unpayable debts.
Meeting Members of Parliament is another powerful way of voicing concerns. Mobilizing in this way, our members ensure that the voices of the people of the Global South are heard by Canadian elected officials, who can carry them to the House of Commons and help create the desired change. We must not forget that because our political and economic systems help perpetuate injustice and poverty, we have a duty to act to remedy them.
Want to organize a letter-signing event in your community? Download and print this document.
Campaign : Turn Debt into Hope
As a solidarity movement, we know that what happens in Canada concerns people all over the world. This year, instead of relying only on our own analysis, we sent a survey to our partners, asking them what they would think about if they could vote in Canadian elections. The guide organizes some of their comments under key themes, and we provide suggested questions at the end that members can ask to candidates.
This guide provides you with background information, policy recommendations, and suggested questions on our current advocacy priorities
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