Peace Train Canada

  Get Peace Back on the Rails. T hat’s the title of an article about the Peace Train by Kristi Lewis in the Cowichan Valley Voice in Duncan, B.C.   Lewis, who is riding on the Peace Train with her mother, Ester Hack, wrote that “Peace Trainers want to inspire our leaders to re-invest in Canada as an independent, intelligent and diplomatic middle power that is willing to uphold justice and self-determination as foundations for security; name and address the true causes of violent conflict.   Along with that, participants want to ask government officials to “help create the conditions for avoiding war, de-escalating violence, conflict resolution, and post-war reconciliation and rebuilding,” she added.   She went on to say:   “The spirit of the Peace Train is carried not only by the Peace Trainers riding the train but also by the Peace Trackers—the thousands of individuals and peace organizations linked in an on board, virtual car after virtual car, supporting the train from wher