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KAIROS at Fair Tax Summit
April 5, 2012
KAIROS, along with 24 other civil society organizations, co-sponsored a lively conference convened by Canadians for Tax Fairness in Ottawa on March 29-30 of this year. The fact that the summit coincided with the release of federal budget (one that…
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Canada Lutheran December Issue dedicated to their social justice work through KAIROS
February 7, 2012
Uniting, Deliberating, Advocating. War, hunger, poverty, and ecological degradation. These are just some of the reasons we support Kairos.
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CIDA update for KAIROS Supporters
October 28, 2011
KAIROS recently received a response to its CIDA proposal of March 2010. In a letter dated Sept. 22, 2011, CIDA states that the application is being rejected because it would not be “good value for money.” This was the second…
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Don Samuel Ruiz at World Peace Forum in Vancouver
March 11, 2011
From Barry Nelson, Development and Peace BC/Yukon Regional Council Attached please find a picture of Bishop Ruiz attending the workshop on Peace & Justice issues developed by the BC/Yukon Regional Council of Development & Peace and presented at the World…
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Women’s Inter-Church Council of Canada sends letter to PM Harper
March 7, 2011
“We are writing to express our disappointment with the facts that have come to light regarding the decisions surrounding the loss to KAIROS of $7 million in Federal funding in 2009.” fileadmin/fe/files/PDF/cidacuts/Letter-11-03-WICC.pdf
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The Canadian Religious Conference sends letter to Minister Oda re. funding cuts
March 3, 2011
The Canadian Religious Conference, representing Canadian Catholic sisters, priests and brothers, supports KAIROS with a letter to Minister Oda re. the restoration of funding. fileadmin/fe/files/PDF/cidacuts/Letter-11-03-03-CRC.pdf
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Menonnite Central Committee of Canada sends letter to Minister Oda re. CIDA cuts
February 28, 2011
http://www.kairoscanada.org/fileadmin/fe/files/PDF/cidacuts/Letter-MCC-11-02-22.pdf
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Remembering Tatic Samuel – Suzanne Rumsey
February 7, 2011
“During the day, thousands and thousands of the faithful who had come from throughout the diocese filled the cathedral in honour of the bishop who died on Monday, January 24… In a letter of farewell read at [the mid-day] celebration…
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Love Letter to an Old Man – Rev. Emilie Smith
February 7, 2011
January 27, 2011 Dear Friends, Standing close in beside me the woman cries, her tears pouring down into her purple dress. Once in a while she carries her apron to her face, and wipes it crease by crease. For a…
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Remembering Bishop Samuel Ruiz
February 7, 2011
Send us your reflections, stories, letters or photos On January 24 Bishop Samuel of Mexico died at the age of 86. He has been described as the diminutive giant of the church in Mexico. He had been Bishop for 51…
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The Life and Witness of Samuel Ruiz – Jim Hodgson
February 7, 2011
San Salvador, January 31, 2011 I write as the novena—the nine days of prayer following the death of Bishop Samuel Ruiz—is drawing to a close. The flow of moving tributes to this remarkable leader has become a flood, and this…
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G-20: Take Action on Financial Transaction Taxes
November 11, 2010
International Civil Society Statement to the G-20 Leaders Summit in Seoul “We, the undersigned civil society organizations from 32 countries, urge G-20 leaders to make concrete progress towards the introduction of an internationally coordinated financial transactions tax (FTT) at the…
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G-20: Take Action on Financial Transaction Taxes
November 3, 2010
International Civil Society Statement to the G-20 Leaders Summit in Seoul “We, the undersigned civil society organizations from 32 countries, urge G-20 leaders to make concrete progress towards the introduction of an internationally coordinated financial transactions tax (FTT) at…
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KAIROS Briefing Paper #25: G20 Surrenders to the Money Traders
July 27, 2010
KAIROS latest Policy Briefing Paper provides an in-depth analysis of the G20 Meetings and Final Statement. The paper examines how the outcome represents a caving in to pressure from the same bond and derivative traders whose irresponsible actions caused the…
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The Canadian Council for International Cooperation (CCIC) needs our support
June 7, 2010
At this time, KAIROS and the international development community in Canada are gravely concerned that CIDA may be planning to cut funding to our coordinating body, The Canadian Council for International Cooperation, by mid-July. CCIC helps 90 International development organizations…
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KAIROS Update Six months after the Cut by CIDA
June 4, 2010
June 3, 2010 Just over six months ago, the Canadian International Development Agency informed KAIROS that we would no longer receive CIDA funding. On the afternoon of November 30, 2009 a senior CIDA official advised KAIROS that its proposed 2009-1013…
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G8 Action Call from the Canadian Council of Churches and KAIROS
May 24, 2010
The Canadian Council of Churches is hosting the Interfaith Summit of World Religious Leaders in Winnipeg: read all about it here, or visit the website at www.faithchallengeG8.com The Canadian Interfaith planning committee is asking Canadians to “urge our government to…
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Update on the IMF, the G20 and the Robin Hood Tax*
May 5, 2010
For more info on the Robin Hood Tax >> In the lead up to the June G20 summit, the International Monetary Fund has issued an interim report on financial reform that the G20 finance ministers and central bank governors discussed…
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KAIROS Briefing Paper #24: An Idea Whose Time Has Come: Adopt a Financial Transactions Tax
May 1, 2010
A growing number of politicians, civil society organizations, economists and some financiers have become strong advocates of a global Financial Transactions Tax (FTT). An FTT is a tiny tax on financial market transactions such as equity, bond, derivative or foreign exchange…
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The Robin Hood Tax: KAIROS Calls for a Global Financial Transactions Tax
April 21, 2010
A Tiny Tax That Will Do A World of Good A Financial Transactions Tax (FTT) –a small levy on financial market transactions including equity, bond, derivative and foreign exchange trades– is one of the best ways to fund programs to…
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Letter of condolence and support to Rights and Democracy
February 18, 2010
KAIROS’ Executive Director Mary Corkery’s letter of condolence and support to staff of Rights & Democracy. View the pdf.
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Financial Crisis An Opportunity for a New Global Order: Briefing Paper #19
November 20, 2009
Policy Briefing Paper #19
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KAIROS Briefing Paper #19: Financial Crisis An Opportunity for a New Global Order
November 1, 2009
The current financial crisis has created an exceptional opportunity for transforming the global economic order. In this report we shall first explore the proximate causes of the crisis that began with excessive speculation in the US housing and financial markets. In Part II…
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KAIROS Briefing Paper #17: G20 Rehabilitates IMF, Marginalizes UN
April 22, 2009
The Summit of G20 leaders on the global economic crisis held in London, April 1-2, 2009, received massive, world-wide media coverage. In contrast, a report from a Commission of Experts on Reforms to the International Monetary and Financial System tabled two weeks earlier at…
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What kind of a “new” Bretton Woods will emerge from the economic crisis?
March 1, 2009
Politicians are talking about convening a conference to redesign the global financial system like the one held at Bretton Woods New Hampshire in 1944 that established the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank. The most recent KAIROS Briefing Paper…
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KAIROS Briefing Paper #15: KAIROS Analysis of Budget 2009
February 1, 2009
KAIROS called for decisive action, guided by lasting moral values, to respond to the global financial crisis in a January 24, 2009, letter to the Prime Minister and the Leaders of the Provinces and Territories. It looked to them for transformative policies to “invest…
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