The First Unitarian Church of Hamilton
A Liberal Spiritual Community Since 1889
Today is World Cities Day, a day to celebrate all the ways that cities contribute to the economic and social vitality of our lives. Today, our affordable housing team is encouraging congregants to write to our Members of Parliament to urge them to greatly increase the funding and the targets set in the federal National … Read more
Write to Members of Provincial Parliament to urge them to reinstate the COVID emergency moratorium on evictions. The economy is far from recovered and many people are still out of work or working less than they were and thus struggle to meet their rent. They should not be thrown onto the street amid a pandemic … Read more
Here is a model letter than you can adapt to write to your city councillor and the mayor or to all councillors. Adapt it and use your own words to make this letter your own. If possible, indicate why you care—you know someone struggling to pay rent, you worry about winter coming, your feeling that … Read more
Things worth mentioning in your letter to MPs, Cabinet Ministers and Parliamentary Secretaries I hope that the promises that were implied in Throne Speech will be followed with firmer, more significant financial commitments that will end the housing crisis. I am a senior (working parent, young working person, etc.) and cannot afford as much as … Read more