In a recent post, George Monbiot suggests diverting military spending to addressing the much more serious threats facing the world.  One area in which we could redirect the energy of our armed forces could be to retrofit existing housing stock which is incapable of keeping us warm without fossil fuels from which we should be weaning ourselves.     Read more »

Tonight!  (Shoulda blogged this sooner, but I forgot).  An opportunity to see representatives of the NDP, Liberals, Green Party of Canada and a Progressive Conservative senator talk about Peace and Justice together.

Public Forum: The Human Right to Peace: Full Time Work
Friday, 2008 April 4, 7:30-9:30 pm
Church of the Holy Trinity
10 Trinity Square
(behind the Toronto Eaton Centre at Bay south of Dundas)
$10? (I can’t remember the cost)     Read more »

Cookies and old treasures… what a great way to spend your money. : )

Bake and yard sale
Saturday, 2007 March 24, 9 am
Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 10
1083 Pape Ave. (one block south of O’connor drive)
starts with full breakfast, $5, followed by sale

We’re coming up on the four-year anniversary of the invasion of Iraq.  There will be a Canada-wide day of action on March 17.  In Toronto, there will be rally, a march, another rally, and a giant peace symbol made out of people.

Peace Rally at United States Consulate
Saturday, 2007 March 17, 1 pm
360 University Ave
(organized by the Toronto Coalition to Stop the War)

…followed by a march through downtown, and then…

Peace Rally at Nathan Phillips Square
Saturday, 2007 March 17, 3 pm
100 Queen St West
(organized by the Canadian Peace Alliance and Échec à la guerre)

…including the giant “live” peace sign.

Troops are massing in Darfur for a ‘final solution’ that may dwarf the over 200,000 already murdered. Speakers at this rally will include Romeo Dallaire, Tragi Mustafa, and Justin Trudeau.

Sunday, 2006 September 17 at 2pm to 3:30pm.
Ramsden Park near the Rosedale subway station. Free.

Lots more information at the Global Day for Darfur (Toronto) website.