What’s to be thankful for?
Think about it, and you might be surprised
Good morning, Happy Thanksgiving.
Here is your Saturday newsletter. This week I’m inviting you to share what you are thankful for, and to add your name to an important new petition.
In peace,
Steve
These days you may find it hard to name the good things around us, with so much war, climate chaos, poverty and injustice in our world.
Nevertheless, it’s Thanksgiving weekend, so maybe we should take a moment and share what we cherish or appreciate most?
Please answer: “What are you thankful for?”
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My answer
First, I’ll share that I am very grateful to you as a regular reader of PeaceQuest. I love hearing from readers. This newsletter is viewed typically over 2000 times each week, and more than 100 people have become paid subscribers this year.
I want to add I’m grateful for people who devote themselves to making Canada better; whether it is by voting whenever possible, donating to non-profits, writing to their politicians, or volunteering for good causes. A few of them are pictured above.
What are you thankful for? Answer in a comment
Add your name: Call for funding for peace
Peace activists from B.C. who are planning a rail trip to Ottawa are inviting everyone to add their name to a Parliamentary petition calling for the government, “to establish and fund a Centre of Excellence for Peace and Justice focused on research, education and training in conflict resolution, diplomacy, and peace operations for Canadian civilians, police, military personnel, and the international community.”
“The E-Petition closes on November 8. We need 500 signatures to qualify as a valid petition. If we do not get 500 signatures it cannot be presented to Parliament,” writes Keith Wyton, the organizer of Peace Train Canada.
Learn more about Peace Train Canada
Last week’s poll results
Last week I asked you, “What is your reaction to Prime Minister Trudeau’s United Nations visit?”
Most people were very supportive, with 46% answering “Important, given the world,” and 23% answering, “Better late than never.” A similar number (20%) said “Please fix Canada first,” and 10% said they didn't know or were unsure.
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Thank you for everything you do for peace.
Steve
I’m thankful for the amazing support that the Peace Train parliamentary petition is receiving from people across the country (Google E5126 ). I’m also thankful for the creative committed people who are organizing the Peace Train. Train is a verb. If we want peace we need to train for it!
Family and friends plus friends who have suffered worry and loss due to family members who live in Gaza; also a friend from a Middle Eastern Country who tried to claim refugee status in Canada 24 years ago but was instead accused of being a terrorist by secret immigration trials in which he could never know his accuser and is still in danger of deportation to torture or death. It has been my honour to stand by him for 17 years of that time.