About Take Action

What do you care about? Is it climate change? Peace? Refugees? Regardless of what matters most to you, the 2011 election will have an enormous impact on these issues and our lives. To help you consider important issues and get involved in this process of decision-making, the United Church has created the 2011 Federal Election Kit  [PDF: 28 pp/252 KB].

Your vote will make a difference. Matters of Aboriginal rights, food security, and criminal justice are concerns for every community in our country and countries around the world. We have a chance to transform our own and others' lives for the common good: we witness to our faith in a just and life-giving God by advocating for justice and peace.

Distribute this 2011 Federal Election Kit widely, consider organizing or participating in an All Candidates Meeting, and invite members of your congregation, community or school to get involved.

The kit includes

• Making Election Connections—how to engage members in your congregation through worship, study groups, and youth and children's ministries
• All Candidates Meetings—how to organize or participate in a meeting
• Questions for Candidates—background info and questions on 12 key topics relating to justice in Canada and globally:
  • Aboriginal  Justice
  • Climate  Change  and  Energy
  • Corporate  Social  Responsibility  (CSR)  and   Socially  Responsible  Investment  (SRI)
  • Criminal  Justice  and  Corrections
  • Democracy
  • Food
  • Health  Care
  • Official  Development  Assistance  (ODA)
  • Peace  in  Palestine/Israel
  • Poverty
  • Refugees  and  Immigration
  • Trade