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Text: THAT General Synod instruct National Executive Council to arrange for the amendment of the Constitution of General Synod to provide that:; 1. the bishops, priests and laymen of each Province who are the delegates to General Synod act as one caucus in nominating and electing its Provincial representatives to National Executive Council;; 2. these Provincial caucuses select their bishops as well as the priests and laymen who are to be nominated for National Executive Council and other committees.; An amendment was; Moved by: Bishop R.L. Seaborn; Seconded by: Bishop A.A. Read; THAT the words 'arrange for' be deleted and the words, 'study the advisability of' be substituted therefor. CARRIED IN ORDER OF BISHOPS DEFEATED IN ORDER OF DELEGATES; The motion was then put and CARRIED IN BOTH ORDERS. Act 91

Subjects: Anglican Church of Canada. National Executive Council - Membership; Anglican Church of Canada. General Synod. Constitution

Prologue: This report was presented by the Archbishop of Kootenay. Considerable discussion arose out of the report which was, on motion of the Archbishop of Kootenay, seconded by Mr. R.W. Allin, carried in both Houses.; Your Committee regrets that it cannot submit any report either on the "state" of the Church or on statistical returns. The information supplied is insufficient in both cases. Only nine bishops have replied to a request for a Church report of conditions in their areas; for the year 1944 statistical returns were not received until this year, and the figures of two important dioceses are still unavailable; less than half the returns for 1945 have been received.; Your Committee requests that it be relieved of its duties unless fuller cooperation is forthcoming and needful information supplied. It would however stress the great loss which the Church would suffer, if information as to the ebb and flow of Church life in various parts of the Dominion is not available. It may point out that the proportion of active to missing Anglicans would never have been known if statistics had not been collected and synthesized.

Text: That this Synod requests the Committee on Statistics and State of the Church to continue its labours and calls upon all Dioceses to extend to the Committee the fullest co-operation so that all needful information may be supplied. CARRIED in both Houses.

Subjects: Church of England in Canada. Committee on Statistics and State of the Church; Anglican Church of Canada - Statistics

Prologue: Moved by: Bishop B. Valentine; Seconded by: The Rev. A.M.C. Waterman; THAT General Synod request the Primate to petition the Government of Canada:; - a) to break off trade relations with South African companies that do not effectively oppose the injustices of apartheid;; - b) to support motions in the United Nations which isolate and thereby condemn all governments which follow such racist policies.

Text: THAT this resolution be received and referred to the unit on Public Social Responsibility.; CARRIED IN BOTH ORDERS Act 88

Subjects: Anglican Church of Canada. Diocese of Rupert's Land; South Africa; Economic sanctions - South Africa; Economic sanctions - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada; Racism - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada; Apartheid - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada; South Africa - Politics and government - 1961-1978; South Africa - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada; Anglican Church of Canada. Public Social Responsibility Unit