Peace Train Canada

The 2026 Peace Train is filling up! Thirty people have signed up so far, some taking the train and some flying to Ottawa. There’s still room for more, says organizer Bernie Wyton.   “We hope for more to make this trip a much bigger event,” she said of this year’s trip, which departs from Vancouver on Oct. 23.   The goal of Peace Train is to get peace back on track, Wyton said.   “We are calling on our government to commit to a culture of peace by establishing and funding an integrated, independent Canadian Centre for Peace and Justice. This is not a protest, but an effort to lift up all those who will rise to the current global challenges of resisting polarization, rampant self-interest, and an industrial war machine that is out of control.”   The train will arrive in Toronto on Oct. 27; participants will take a train to Ottawa on Oct. 28. There will be a reception with Members of Parliament that evening, arranged by Elizabeth May. More info about the trip be...

Want to know more about the Peace Train and meet some of the people behind it? Check out this video   on YouTube!

  One of the publications I write for is Canadian Affairs, an online news source that wants to cover topics that don’t get much attention. That includes about peace and peacekeeping. Earlier, I wrote there about the lack of attention to and questions about Canada’s increased defence spending. And now one of my colleagues has written about Canada’s peacekeeping myth, including comments from Peace Train supporter Walter Dorn. The article is below, but I encourage you to check out Canadian Affairs. Canada’s peacekeeping myth   Canada rightly once saw itself as a peacekeeping nation. But with just 27 peacekeepers on missions now, experts say much will need to change to restore that legacy   by Sam Forster   April 2, 2026   For much of the Cold War, Canada was widely seen as one of the world’s leading peacekeeping nations.   As thousands of Canadian soldiers served in United Nations missions around the world, peacekeeping became a cornerstone of...