The First Unitarian Church of Hamilton
A Liberal Spiritual Community Since 1889
The Good, the Bad and the Provincial The details of all of the announcements Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has recently made will be in the federal budget being delivered on April 16. We don’t know when announced spending will start and how many years it will be spread over. That is particularly important since this … Read more
We hope you will join the Sunday service at 10:30am on April 14th, Earth Day “Bursting into Spring”. Following the service, visit the Garden Team and Climate Team table in the foyer. Copies of the congregant-created Plant-Based Cook Booklet will be available. Or save trees and download your own copy from the church website, available … Read more
We continue to celebrate spring by connecting you to organizations and events in Hamilton and area that focus on local climate solutions and activities. Community Earth Day series at McMaster Check out McMaster’s community ecological events and connect with nature through their sustainability series. https://nature.mcmaster.ca/events/community-campus-ecological-stewardship-event-earth-day-series/ Action 13 hosts an evening with author … Read more
Canada has long signed on to international agreements that make safe, secure, affordable housing a human right. And that right is now recognized in Canadian law. A recent article tackles what it means: https://maytree.com/publications/we-cant-let-myths-about-the-human-right-to-housing-hold-us-back/
Investors are buying up a large share of recently built housing (in some cities, it’s a majority of the units), a significant factor in the soaring cost of home ownership, an interesting article in a just-launched new journal, Perspectives, argues. https://perspectivesjournal.ca/housing-investor-ownership-part-1/