The Making Peace Vigil is loosely modelled on Women in Black. Like Women in Black, we are committed to peace and justice and to opposing war and all forms of violence and injustice.
Our protest takes the form of standing once a week, at the same hour and at the same location, carrying placards and handing out leaflets. There is no chanting; our vigil is silent unless we are asked questions. In the words of Women in Black: “We are silent because mere words cannot express the tragedy that wars and hatred bring.”
The Making Peace Vigil protests a range of issues on the national, provincial, and local levels. These include the following:
* The failure of Regina to address questions of social inequity in housing and employment
* Saskatchewan’s involvement in the uranium industry (Saskatchewan is the world leader in uranium production)
* Our society’s war against the earth systems that give us life
* Canada’s involvement in the occupation of Afghanistan
* The suspension of human and civil rights in the name of national security
* The failure of successive Canadian governments to honour treaties signed with Indigenous peoples
* Canada’s involvement in the manufacture of weapons and the global arms trade (Canada is the world’s 4th largest exporter of small-arms ammunition)
* Canadian Pension Plan investments in corporations making weapons
* Violence against women in Canada and elsewhere
* The unequal distribution of wealth both nationally and internationally
* The introduction of Security Certificates and the suspension of Habeas Corpus
* The economic exploitation of the natural and human resources of poorer countries
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