{"id":218356,"date":"2010-01-15T13:34:30","date_gmt":"2010-01-15T18:34:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/joycemurray.ca\/?p=843"},"modified":"2010-01-15T13:34:30","modified_gmt":"2010-01-15T18:34:30","slug":"in-haiti%e2%80%99s-time-of-need-%e2%80%93-act-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/218356","title":{"rendered":"In Haiti\u2019s time of need \u2013 ACT NOW"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dear Vancouver Quadra,\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

It\u2019s time to stand with Haiti.<\/p>\n

The scenes of devastation beamed from Port-au-Prince and elsewhere have shaken all of us. But they have also reminded us that our first instinct as Canadians is to ask \u201cHow can I help?\u201d<\/p>\n

Our ties with Haiti are strong. We have a Haitian community in Canada that has contributed so much to our national life, and Canadians across our country are connected to Haiti through friends and loved ones living and working there.<\/p>\n

I know that you were just asked to donate on Monday. But this is not about politics.<\/p>\n

In these exceptional circumstances, now is a time to come together as people. Now is a time to act.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s why I am asking you to please support the relief effort in Haiti by clicking on one of the links below. Yesterday, we asked the government to match funds given to charitable organizations for relief efforts and today the government announced that it would – which means that your giving power is now twice as strong.<\/p>\n

Canadian Red Cross<\/a>
\nDoctors Without Borders<\/a>
\nOxfam Canada <\/a>
\nOxfam Quebec<\/a>
\nCentre for International studies and Cooperation (CECI)<\/a>
\nCARE Canada<\/a>
\nThe Humanitarian Coalition<\/a><\/p>\n

Let\u2019s show that we care. Let\u2019s help Haiti in this time of need.<\/p>\n

Thank you,
\nMichael Ignatieff<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dear Vancouver Quadra, It\u2019s time to stand with Haiti. The scenes of devastation beamed from Port-au-Prince and elsewhere have shaken all of us. But they have also reminded us that our first instinct as Canadians is to ask \u201cHow can I help?\u201d Our ties with Haiti are strong. We have a Haitian community in Canada […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4127,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-218356","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218356","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4127"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=218356"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218356\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=218356"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=218356"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=218356"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}