World Federalist Movement-Canada
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| Predecessor | World Government Association |
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| Founded | July 28, 1951 |
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Members
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~1,000 |
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Key people
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Walter Dorn (President); John Trent (Chair of Board); Karen Hamilton (Executive Committee Chair); Cameron Laing (National Treasurer); Robin Collins (National Secretary); Fergus Watt (Executive Director); Simon Rosenblum; Corey Levine; Hon. Flora MacDonald (Past President); Hon. Warren Allmand (Past President). |
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The World Federalist Movement — Canada (WFMC) is a member organization of the World Federalist Movement, a global citizens movement dedicated to promoting institutions of world governance. WFMC has a national headquarters in Ottawa, and active branches in Vancouver, Victoria, and Montreal. Since its founding in 1951, the WFMC and its predecessor organizations have been a strong advocate for the application of the principles of democratic federalism to world affairs. It advocates for the strengthening international bodies and democratizing existent global institutions.
The current National President of the Canadian section of the movement is scientist and conflict researcher Walter Dorn, who succeeded former Cabinet Minister Hon. Warren Allmand in August 2016. Other well known Canadians have also served as WFMC President, including Hon. Flora MacDonald, The Very Rev. Sen. Lois M. Wilson and Hon. Allan Blakeney.
As World Federalists, we view the world as one society embracing all of humanity in all its diversity. To this end, we call for urgent progress in developing those democratic world institutions which are essential to assure a peaceful, just, and ecologically sustainable world community.
The organization's slogan is "Building a World Community." With a broad mandate, World Federalists undertake national and international programs that push for long-term goals in international relations and Canadian foreign policy.
On Sept. 13, 2013, the WFMC organized the release and publication of a booklet of essays by 18 former diplomats, cabinet ministers, and foreign affairs experts spoke out against Canada's diminishing relationship with the United Nations. Their views were published in an accompanying booklet of essays, compiled and published by the WFMC, titled: “The United Nations and Canada: What Canada has done and should be doing at the UN“.
The WFMC advocates a much larger role for Canada in support of United Nations peace operations, and releases biannual updates on this topic.
"UN peace operations provide unparalleled legitimacy to international efforts" said Walter Dorn in a WFMC statement to The Globe and Mail “That’s why Canadians, as shown in many polls, continue to support peacekeeping, even when Canada is at an all-time low in contributions of personnel.”
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