That the Council of General Synod approve the Pension Committee's recommendation that the Additional Voluntary Contributions provision of the plan be removed effective January 1, 2003 and approve the following amendments to Regulation 14 RETIREMENT SAVINGS FUND (Additional Voluntary Contributions).
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14.1 Additional contributions may be made by or on behalf of a Member in Active Service, providing that the total contributions made by the Member shall not exceed the maximum amount permitted under the Income Tax Act (Canada).
That the Council of General Synod approve the recommendation of the Administrative Unit of the Continuing Education Plan to amend Regulation 3.a)iii) by adding "but restricted to $1,000.00 once every three years commencing January 1, 2004" after the word "software".
Regulation 3.a)iii) will now read:
3. a)iii) the purchase of computer hardware or software but restricted to $1,000.00 once every three years commencing January 1, 2004. CARRIED #09-11-02
That this General Synod express its congratulations and best wishes to Bishop Ray Schultz on the occasion of his election as National Bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada. CARRIED Act 16
That this Council direct the Officers to name a small task group, regionally based, with indigenous and non-indigenous participants, with the following task;
-To do preliminary study on possible constitutional arrangements for direct indigenous representation in national church governance
-To report to the next meeting of Council. CARRIED #36-11-01
Archbishop David Crawley and Chancellor Ronald Stevenson presented the report of the Jurisdiction Task Force and the responses to questions posed in the Terms of Reference, noting that no further efforts at definition of jurisdiction were recommended.
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That the report of the Jurisdiction Task Force be received.
Friendly Amendment:
The mover and seconder agreed to reword the motion to read:
That the report of the Jurisdiction Task Force be received and sent to dioceses and diocesan chancellors. CARRIED #13-05-02
Notes
Council recommended that the report be disseminated more widely and that covering documentation state that it is not a new policy. The task force was discharged.
[Electronic text of: "In Service of Communion : the Final Report of the General Task Force on Jurisdiction to the Council of General Synod and the Canadian House of Bishops February 2002" is available on the web site of the General Synod of the Anglican Church of Canada at URL http://www.anglican.ca/faith/identity/in-service-of-communion.htm
That the Council of General Synod dissociate itself from certain statements that have been made by Mr. James Sweeny, referred to in the Pension committee's Report #010-02-02-05, questioning the actions and integrity of the Pension Committee, the Trustees and the Director of Pensions, and that COGS reaffirms its continued trust and confidence in the integrity of the Director, the Pension Committee and Trustees in their actions which flowed from the November 2001 meeting which were taken in the best interests of the Plan members.
The resolution was voted upon with Mr. James Sweeny declaring a conflict of interest. CARRIED #07-11-02
Archdeacon Jim Boyles presented the report of the officers. He reviewed the "for information" items, invited comments/questions and responded to same. Archdeacon Boyles spoke to the section of the report dealing with Residential Schools, in particular with the section addressing four concerns raised by ACIP in its press statement of March 11th.
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That the Council of General Synod thank the dioceses and all Anglicans for their support of the Settlement Agreement.
Speaking to the motion, Mr. Todd Russell, disagreed that "all Anglicans" support the agreement and emphasized the need for more communication between aboriginal and non-aboriginal Anglicans. He stressed, however, that the Anglican Council of Indigenous Peoples fully supports the Primate.
Motion to table
Moved by: Archdeacon Helena-Rose Houldcroft
Seconded by: Canon Grant Hyslop
That the motion be tabled. DEFEATED
Friendly amendment
The mover and seconder agreed to remove the words "all Anglicans" and add the word "members of the Church". The amended motion now reads:
That the Council of General Synod thank the dioceses and members of the Church for their support of the Settlement Agreement. CARRIED #04-05-03