A YEAR OF COMMITMENT TO JUSTICE A MESSAGE FROM CPJ’S BOARD CHAIR 2021, another year under pandemic restrictions, has featured Wiebe of Ottawa, was on the Board for 6 years, serving ably highs and lows for the Board of Directors and staff of Citizens on the executive as secretary, and was on the Personnel and for Public justice. [...] We have embraced the commitment to equity and have been blessed to have Maryo Wahba join the staff in the anti-oppression in CPJ’s work to end poverty and promote position in November. [...] helped us advance our climate justice those hosted by CAN-Rac, the Parlia- work in 2021 were the faith-based ment of World Religions, GreenFaith, For We capped off 2021 with a submission climate justice initiative, For the Love of the Love of Creation, Voices for Peace and to the Net-Zero Advisory Body (NZAB) Creation (where we served on the coor- the Henri Nouwen Centre, The United regarding Cana. [...] ambition and investment in a just Analysis of this progress fea- transition, the honouring of Indigenous tured prominently at the For the rights, and increased climate finance to Love of Creation Fall Symposium January 19 meeting of Liberal MP Nathaniel Erskine-Smith the Global South. [...] providing repayment amnesty to people ic inequities to effectively address pov- CPJ was invited to share feedback on with low incomes who received the erty in Canada was at the centre of CPJ’s the report and to participate in a series Canada Emergency Response Benefit 2021 Poverty Trends report and our of roundtable discussions, as well as (CERB).
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