{{Short description|Canadian umbrella peace organization}} {{Infobox organization | name = Canadian Peace Alliance | full_name = The Canadian Peace Alliance / L'Alliance canadienne pour la paix | location = [[Canada]] }} [[Image:Collette Lemieux 06.jpg|right|thumb|Collette Lemieux, co-chair of the Canadian Peace Alliance, speaking to an anti-war rally in Calgary she helped organize in 2007 as part of the ''Pan-Canadian Day of Action on Canada's military involvement in Afghanistan'']]
'''The Canadian Peace Alliance / L'Alliance canadienne pour la paix''' (CPA/ACP) was a Canadian umbrella [[Peace movement|peace organization]]<ref name="UIA">{{Cite web |url=https://uia.org/s/or/en/1100055762 |url-access= |title=Canadian Peace Alliance (CPA) |author1=Staff writer |year=2024 |department=UIA Global Civil Society Database |website=uia.org |publisher=[[Union of International Associations]] |agency=Yearbook of International Organizations Online |location=Brussels, Belgium |format= |arxiv= |asin= |bibcode= |doi= |doi-broken-date= |isbn= |issn= |jfm= |jstor= |lccn= |mr= |oclc= |ol= |osti= |pmc= |pmid= |rfc= |ssrn= |zbl= |id= |access-date=12 January 2025 |url-status= |archive-url= |archive-date= |via= |quote= |trans-quote= |ref= |postscript=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Home {{!}} Canadian Peace Alliance |url=https://www.peacenotwar.ca/ |access-date=2024-01-18 |website=Canadian Peace Allia |language=en}}</ref> claiming more than 140 member groups. It was founded in 1985, but became inactive in 2017.{{Citation needed|date=January 2024}}
The Canadian Peace Alliance organized cross-Canada campaigns and actions; arranged political lobbying sessions between member groups and key political leaders in Ottawa; facilitated the development of strategies for the Canadian peace movement; and produced and distributed education and action materials.{{Citation needed|date=January 2024}}
The Canadian Peace Alliance's policy and campaign direction was determined by a bi-annual convention of member groups and by a geographically representative Steering Committee.
The Canadian Peace Alliance worked closely with the [[Canadian Labour Congress]].{{Citation needed|date=January 2024}}
==See also== *[[Ceasefire Canada]] *[[Canadian Peace Congress]] * [[List of anti-war organizations]] * [[List of peace activists]]
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== External links == *[https://www.facebook.com/CanadianPeaceAlliance/ The Canadian Peace Alliance / L'Alliance canadienne pour la paix] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20080106203126/http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/story.html?id=5a15f760-ae58-4765-bbc6-6541fdd59e3f Ottawa Citizen story on Cairo Anti-war Conference] *[http://www.acp-cpa.ca/ Canadian Peace Alliance - Canadian Political Parties and Political Interest Groups] - Web Archive created by University of Toronto Libraries
[[Category:Peace organizations based in Canada]]
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