World Federalist Movement – Canada
World Federalist Movement – Canada is a not-for-profit organisation that does research, education and advocacy on global governance, guided by the principles of democratic federalism. It is the Canadian member of the World Federalist Movement, has branches in Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver and Victoria, and co-publishes Mondial with Citizens for Global Solutions.
Adapted from wfmcanada.org.
Articles
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Canadian Foreign Policy and Global Governance After the Federal Election
December 2021
World Federalists press Canada’s new government to rebuild its UN peacekeeping role (68th in the world, with strong public support), address nuclear weapons and engage the Secretary-General’s Our Common Agenda.
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TakeAction for August 2021: National Peacekeepers Day and Canada’s UN Peacekeeping Commitments
August 2021
Canada’s UN peacekeeping contribution ranks 68th globally. The WFMC Canadians for Peacekeeping campaign urges increased federal support for UN missions.
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Human Rights and Climate Change
July 2021
Despite strong opposition from Russia, China and others, a growing number of states back a UN special rapporteur on human rights and climate change; the Council’s 2021 resolution only encourages further discussion of the post.
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Falling behind on the Sustainable Development Goals
July 2021
Civil society groups said the 2021 UN high-level forum on Agenda 2030 offered no bold recommendations and ignored root causes, even as progress on inequality, emissions and hunger had stalled or reversed before COVID-19.
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Canada and UN Peacekeeping
July 2021
Canada has 56 military and police personnel in UN operations, WFM–C’s annual fact sheet reports, while its campaign tracks whether Ottawa has kept the pledges made at the 2016 London and 2017 Vancouver peacekeeping ministerials.
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TakeAction for March 2021: Building peace & security
March 2021
Because China’s Security Council seat blocks UN action on Myanmar’s coup, Canada should widen its limited sanctions on the military, and readers are urged to write to the foreign minister.
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Mondial Spring 2021: WFMC President Walter Dorn appears before Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs
March 2021
Walter Dorn urges Canada to sign the treaty banning nuclear weapons, having joined the chemical and biological bans, and suggests the World Health Organization be given the OPCW’s any-time inspection powers.
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Mondial Spring 2021: WFMC Honours Carol Greene
March 2021
A lifetime of letter-writing, chairing a Montreal action group and quiet persistence earned a long-serving member the Hanna Newcombe Award. At 85, discouraged by rising nationalism, she stays hopeful, because ideas only work if people do.
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Mondial Spring 2021: Prospects for World Federalism
March 2021
Walter Dorn tells an annual meeting that the pandemic shows why the WHO needs independent verification powers, including hospital visits without a national veto, and that the UN’s 75th anniversary opens a path to strengthening the system.
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Mondial Spring 2021: Next Steps for Canada’s Feminist Foreign Policy
March 2021
The World Federalist Movement - Canada contributes to Canada’s feminist foreign policy consultation. The organization highlights the alignment of feminist foreign policy with global governance and federalist principles.
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Mondial Spring 2021: Introducing Sandra Coyle, WFM – IGP’s new Executive Director
March 2021
Nairobi-based communications specialist Sandra Coyle explains why the 2020 pandemic sold her on global solutions, and how she would recruit young people to the federalist idea.
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Mondial Spring 2021: Getting from Here to There
March 2021
A good future depends on changing values, not just technology. Growth must stop being the goal, and people can find more satisfaction in learning, music, community and helping others than in endless spending: more fun, less stuff.
